Ill Fortune Quotes

Ill news is wing'd with fate, and flies apace.

Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.

We have so much ill fortune as inconstancy, or so much bad purpose as folly, we are not so full of evil as we are of inanity; we are not so wretched as we are base

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.

Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.

It's an ill will that blows when you leave the hairdresser.

The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.

Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.

I used to refer to myself as Typhoid Mary. It wasn't that I was jinxed, I just seemed to bring ill fortune to anybody I was close to.

Emulation is grief arising from seeing one's self, exceeded or excelled by his concurrent, together with hope to equal or exceed him in time to come, by his own ability. But envy is the same grief joined with pleasure conceived in the imagination of some ill-fortune that may befall him.

I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.

For if good fortune makes your friends for you, Ill fortune makes them enemies for sure.

My stars shine darkly over me