14 French Proverbs about Misfortune
All French Proverbs | Proverbs about Misfortune1. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
2. Another's misfortune is only a dream.
3. Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.
4. Misfortune upon misfortune is not wholesome.
5. Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition.
6. One has always strength enough to bear the misfortunes of one's friends.
7. The fool hunts for misfortune.
8. Where misfortune befals injuries follow.
9. Misfortunes never come single.
10. Misfortunes that can't be avoided must be sweetened.
11. Misfortunes, when asleep, are not to be awakened.
12. Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot.
13. People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures.
14. There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.
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