A. C. Benson
A. C. Benson

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

A. J. Bowen
A. J. Bowen

To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.

Aeschylus
Aeschylus

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Aeschylus
Aeschylus

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

Ajay Piramal
Ajay Piramal

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

Alan Kay
Alan Kay

I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me.

Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.

Amanda Burton
Amanda Burton

I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.

Amandla Stenberg
Amandla Stenberg

I think 'The Hunger Games' has a really powerful message about survival, and sacrificing for the ones you love. It's almost like a warning for us to not lose touch of our humanity. We live in a world in which we watch other's misfortunes for entertainment.

Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.