misfortune

Lose

By aaforringer on June 25, 2026 • ( 0 )

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose enduring fame rests on his… Read More ›

Talking

By aaforringer on December 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about. Saskya Pandita Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་པནདིཏ་ཀུན་དགའ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, Wylie: Sa skya Paṇḍita Kun dga’… Read More ›

Overcome

By aaforringer on May 26, 2016 • ( 0 )

As long as you can savor the humorous aspect of misery and misfortune, you can overcome anything. John Candy John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian, mainly in American films such as Planes,… Read More ›