#misfortune — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #misfortune, aggregated by home.social.
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The Ireland team unlikely to face Czechia · The 42
Paul Fennessy Gavin Bazunu: Bazunu has had a torrid time with injuries, starting with an ACL setback suffered…
#CzechRepublic #Czechia #CZ #Europe #Europa #EU #AbsentXI #Česko #czechrepublic #czechia #FestyEbosele #IrelandRepublic #LiamScales #misfortune #Soccer #zprávy
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Hmm, it seems my little sister has more fortune than me. 🙃
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #family #myfamily #sister #mysister #fortune #misfortune #myfortune #mymisfortune #life #mylife #blessme #wishmeluck #literally #literallyme #meliterally #exactly #yeah #yes #forreal #littlesister #mylittlesister
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Hmm, it seems my little sister has more fortune than me. 🙃
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #family #myfamily #sister #mysister #fortune #misfortune #myfortune #mymisfortune #life #mylife #blessme #wishmeluck #literally #literallyme #meliterally #exactly #yeah #yes #forreal #littlesister #mylittlesister
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Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war
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Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war
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Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war
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Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war
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Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war
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Kyiv groans collective #WTF? to Trump’s latest #Putin comments
#Trump's claim Putin “kept his word” by not launching missile & drone strikes against #Ukraine's #energy #infrastructure for a week has met with bewilderment & dismay in #Kyiv
"I believe this is either a #mockery of our #misfortune, a lack of understanding of the situation, or wishful thinking," lawmaker from opposition European Solidarity party
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-groans-a-collective-wtf-to-trumps-latest-putin-comments/
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Kyiv groans collective #WTF? to Trump’s latest #Putin comments
#Trump's claim Putin “kept his word” by not launching missile & drone strikes against #Ukraine's #energy #infrastructure for a week has met with bewilderment & dismay in #Kyiv
"I believe this is either a #mockery of our #misfortune, a lack of understanding of the situation, or wishful thinking," lawmaker from opposition European Solidarity party
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-groans-a-collective-wtf-to-trumps-latest-putin-comments/
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Kyiv groans collective #WTF? to Trump’s latest #Putin comments
#Trump's claim Putin “kept his word” by not launching missile & drone strikes against #Ukraine's #energy #infrastructure for a week has met with bewilderment & dismay in #Kyiv
"I believe this is either a #mockery of our #misfortune, a lack of understanding of the situation, or wishful thinking," lawmaker from opposition European Solidarity party
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-groans-a-collective-wtf-to-trumps-latest-putin-comments/
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Kyiv groans collective #WTF? to Trump’s latest #Putin comments
#Trump's claim Putin “kept his word” by not launching missile & drone strikes against #Ukraine's #energy #infrastructure for a week has met with bewilderment & dismay in #Kyiv
"I believe this is either a #mockery of our #misfortune, a lack of understanding of the situation, or wishful thinking," lawmaker from opposition European Solidarity party
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-groans-a-collective-wtf-to-trumps-latest-putin-comments/
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Kyiv groans collective #WTF? to Trump’s latest #Putin comments
#Trump's claim Putin “kept his word” by not launching missile & drone strikes against #Ukraine's #energy #infrastructure for a week has met with bewilderment & dismay in #Kyiv
"I believe this is either a #mockery of our #misfortune, a lack of understanding of the situation, or wishful thinking," lawmaker from opposition European Solidarity party
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-groans-a-collective-wtf-to-trumps-latest-putin-comments/
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Try our new word guessing game @ https://24hippos.com
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Try our new word guessing game @ https://24hippos.com
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Try our new word guessing game @ https://24hippos.com
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Try our new word guessing game @ https://24hippos.com
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Dear Abby: ‘Mentally unstable’ SIL says my parents’ cluttered house is harming her unborn child
DEAR ABBY: My brother “Joey” married a woman, “Allie,” who is mentally unstable. Every couple of months, she…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #Accidents #Catastrophe #damage #Health #MentalHealth #misfortune #mishaps
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Dear Abby: ‘Mentally unstable’ SIL says my parents’ cluttered house is harming her unborn child
DEAR ABBY: My brother “Joey” married a woman, “Allie,” who is mentally unstable. Every couple of months, she…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #Accidents #Catastrophe #damage #Health #MentalHealth #misfortune #mishaps
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Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 400 (1820)More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #badluck #conqueror #conquest #consequences #mercilessness #mercy #misfortune #rats #troubles #vermin #retribution
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Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 400 (1820)More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #badluck #conqueror #conquest #consequences #mercilessness #mercy #misfortune #rats #troubles #vermin #retribution
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Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 400 (1820)More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #badluck #conqueror #conquest #consequences #mercilessness #mercy #misfortune #rats #troubles #vermin #retribution
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Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 400 (1820)More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #badluck #conqueror #conquest #consequences #mercilessness #mercy #misfortune #rats #troubles #vermin #retribution
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A quotation from Christopher Marlowe
CHORUS: His Second Part,
Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp
And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down.Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2, “Prologue,” ll. 3-5 (c. 1587)More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ChristopherMarlowe #KitMarlowe #badluck #death #fate #misfortune #mortality #overturn #prologue #triumph
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A quotation from Christopher Marlowe
CHORUS: His Second Part,
Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp
And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down.Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2, “Prologue,” ll. 3-5 (c. 1587)More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ChristopherMarlowe #KitMarlowe #badluck #death #fate #misfortune #mortality #overturn #prologue #triumph
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A quotation from Christopher Marlowe
CHORUS: His Second Part,
Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp
And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down.Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2, “Prologue,” ll. 3-5 (c. 1587)More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ChristopherMarlowe #KitMarlowe #badluck #death #fate #misfortune #mortality #overturn #prologue #triumph
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A quotation from Christopher Marlowe
CHORUS: His Second Part,
Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp
And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down.Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2, “Prologue,” ll. 3-5 (c. 1587)More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ChristopherMarlowe #KitMarlowe #badluck #death #fate #misfortune #mortality #overturn #prologue #triumph
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#misfortune : bad fortune or luck
- French: malheur
- German: das Missgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio
- Spanish: desgracia
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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HELEN: When a man broods on a single misfortune and feels the gods are against him, though his suffering is real, it can be borne; but I am crushed by innumerable blows at once.
[ἙΛΈΝΗ: ὅστις μὲν οὖν ἐς μίαν ἀποβλέπων τύχην
πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται, βαρὺ μέν, οἰστέον δ᾽ ὅμως:
ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλαῖς συμφοραῖς ἐγκείμεθα.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 267ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/78476/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #bearingup #crises #endurance #misfortune #overwhelmed #problems #troubles
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HELEN: When a man broods on a single misfortune and feels the gods are against him, though his suffering is real, it can be borne; but I am crushed by innumerable blows at once.
[ἙΛΈΝΗ: ὅστις μὲν οὖν ἐς μίαν ἀποβλέπων τύχην
πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται, βαρὺ μέν, οἰστέον δ᾽ ὅμως:
ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλαῖς συμφοραῖς ἐγκείμεθα.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 267ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/78476/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #bearingup #crises #endurance #misfortune #overwhelmed #problems #troubles
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HELEN: When a man broods on a single misfortune and feels the gods are against him, though his suffering is real, it can be borne; but I am crushed by innumerable blows at once.
[ἙΛΈΝΗ: ὅστις μὲν οὖν ἐς μίαν ἀποβλέπων τύχην
πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται, βαρὺ μέν, οἰστέον δ᾽ ὅμως:
ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλαῖς συμφοραῖς ἐγκείμεθα.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 267ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/78476/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #bearingup #crises #endurance #misfortune #overwhelmed #problems #troubles
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HELEN: When a man broods on a single misfortune and feels the gods are against him, though his suffering is real, it can be borne; but I am crushed by innumerable blows at once.
[ἙΛΈΝΗ: ὅστις μὲν οὖν ἐς μίαν ἀποβλέπων τύχην
πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται, βαρὺ μέν, οἰστέον δ᾽ ὅμως:
ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλαῖς συμφοραῖς ἐγκείμεθα.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 267ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/78476/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #bearingup #crises #endurance #misfortune #overwhelmed #problems #troubles
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The horror writer always brings bad news: you’re going to die, he says; he’s telling you to never mind Oral Roberts and his “something good is going to happen to you,” because something bad is also going to happen to you, and it may be cancer and it may be a stroke, and it may be a car accident, but it’s going to happen. And he takes your hand and he enfolds it in his own, and he takes you into the room and he puts your hands on the shape under the sheet … and tells you to touch it here … here … and here …
Stephen King (b. 1947) American author
Night Shift, Foreword (1978)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/king-stephen/78294/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #stephenking #badluck #badnews #fiction #horror #misfortune #writing
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The horror writer always brings bad news: you’re going to die, he says; he’s telling you to never mind Oral Roberts and his “something good is going to happen to you,” because something bad is also going to happen to you, and it may be cancer and it may be a stroke, and it may be a car accident, but it’s going to happen. And he takes your hand and he enfolds it in his own, and he takes you into the room and he puts your hands on the shape under the sheet … and tells you to touch it here … here … and here …
Stephen King (b. 1947) American author
Night Shift, Foreword (1978)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/king-stephen/78294/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #stephenking #badluck #badnews #fiction #horror #misfortune #writing
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The horror writer always brings bad news: you’re going to die, he says; he’s telling you to never mind Oral Roberts and his “something good is going to happen to you,” because something bad is also going to happen to you, and it may be cancer and it may be a stroke, and it may be a car accident, but it’s going to happen. And he takes your hand and he enfolds it in his own, and he takes you into the room and he puts your hands on the shape under the sheet … and tells you to touch it here … here … and here …
Stephen King (b. 1947) American author
Night Shift, Foreword (1978)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/king-stephen/78294/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #stephenking #badluck #badnews #fiction #horror #misfortune #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Pope” (1781)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/26251…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #aggravation #evil #humancondition #irritation #misery #misfortune #repetition #unhappiness #vexation #weardown
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Pope” (1781)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/26251…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #aggravation #evil #humancondition #irritation #misery #misfortune #repetition #unhappiness #vexation #weardown
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Pope” (1781)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/26251…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #aggravation #evil #humancondition #irritation #misery #misfortune #repetition #unhappiness #vexation #weardown
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Pope” (1781)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/26251…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #aggravation #evil #humancondition #irritation #misery #misfortune #repetition #unhappiness #vexation #weardown
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Pope” (1781)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/26251…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #aggravation #evil #humancondition #irritation #misery #misfortune #repetition #unhappiness #vexation #weardown
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Be like the bird, who
Halting in his flight
On limb too slight
Feels it give way beneath him,
Yet sings
Knowing he hath wings.
[Soyez comme l’oiseau, posé pour un instant
Sur des rameaux trop frêles,
Qui sent ployer la branche et qui chante pourtant,
Sachant qu’il a des ailes!]Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Poem (1836), “In the Church of *** [Dans l’eglise de ***],” Songs of Dusk [Les chants du crepuscule], # 33 sec. 6Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/40547/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #poetry #bird #confidence #danger #heaven #hope #meme #misfortune #optimism #salvation #singing #threat #selfconfidence
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Be like the bird, who
Halting in his flight
On limb too slight
Feels it give way beneath him,
Yet sings
Knowing he hath wings.
[Soyez comme l’oiseau, posé pour un instant
Sur des rameaux trop frêles,
Qui sent ployer la branche et qui chante pourtant,
Sachant qu’il a des ailes!]Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Poem (1836), “In the Church of *** [Dans l’eglise de ***],” Songs of Dusk [Les chants du crepuscule], # 33 sec. 6Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/40547/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #poetry #bird #confidence #danger #heaven #hope #meme #misfortune #optimism #salvation #singing #threat #selfconfidence
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Be like the bird, who
Halting in his flight
On limb too slight
Feels it give way beneath him,
Yet sings
Knowing he hath wings.
[Soyez comme l’oiseau, posé pour un instant
Sur des rameaux trop frêles,
Qui sent ployer la branche et qui chante pourtant,
Sachant qu’il a des ailes!]Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Poem (1836), “In the Church of *** [Dans l’eglise de ***],” Songs of Dusk [Les chants du crepuscule], # 33 sec. 6Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/40547/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #poetry #bird #confidence #danger #heaven #hope #meme #misfortune #optimism #salvation #singing #threat #selfconfidence
