“Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity.” — Samuel Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe — Volume 8
Tag: calamity
Quote of the Day
“Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.” — Sydney Smith, Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy
Quote of the Day
“Our lives are but a sequence of accidents—a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.” — Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
Quote of the Day
“Calamity, n.: A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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