1. Misfortune 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"