Famous aphorisms about bad luck

1. Bad luck roams on the same road, sometimes falling on this person, sometimes falling on another person.

——Aeschylus, "Prometheus Bound"

2. Suffering is like a dark cloud. From a distance, you can only see blackness, but when you are under it, you can't see it. It's just gray.

——Richter's "Chang Geng Star"

3. Luck is not without fear and trouble; misfortune is not without comfort and hope. ——Bacon, "On Misfortune"

Misfortune may become a bridge to happiness. ——Japanese proverb

4. Disaster is a person’s true touchstone. ——Beaumont and Fletcher, "The Triumph of Honor"

5. Suffering tempers some people and destroys others. ——Fuller's "Wise Words"

6. Gold is tested by fire, and the strong are tested by adversity. ——Seneca's "On Providence"

7. Adversity gives people precious opportunities for training. Only those who can withstand the test of the environment can be considered truly strong. Most of the great men since ancient times struggled through adversity with an indomitable spirit.

——Konosuke Matsushita

8. Things that can kill me will make me stronger. ——Nietzsche, "The Twilight of the Idols"

9. People who have not experienced adversity do not know their own strength. —— Jonson's "Reliable"

10. A noble heart should bear disasters rather than avoid them, because enduring disasters shows the nobility of the will, while avoiding disasters shows the cowardice of the heart. —— Aretino

11. When a person calmly endures one major misfortune after another, the beauty of his soul shines through. This is not because he has no feelings about it, but because he is a man of noble and heroic character.

——Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics"

12. Luck can best discover evil; misfortune can best discover virtue. ——Bacon's "On Misfortune"

13. Good luck is enviable, but defeating bad luck is admirable. This is Seneca's famous saying.

——Bacon's "On Misfortune"

14. Be cautious when you are blessed with good luck, and be patient when you encounter bad luck. ——J. Lei's "British Proverbs"

15. Be full of hope in the face of bad luck, and don't forget to worry in the face of good luck, so that you can calmly bear the blessings and misfortunes.

——Horace's "Songbook"

16. Don't rest on your laurels because of luck, and don't get depressed because of bad luck. A truly strong person is good at finding shadows in good times, finding light in adversity, and always calibrating his goals. ——Ibsen

17. It is better to learn wisdom through the misfortune of others than through your own misfortune.

——"Aesop's Fables"