The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Disaster, to me, means in some big or small way, things going wrong. And that's obviously a matter of perception, right? Let's say your puppy chewed up all the shoes in your house. She probably had a fine time doing that. In her mind, a red letter day, the highlight of her puppy life.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
Misfortune was my god.