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Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.


Alphonse Karr

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"Los amigos: una familia cuyos individuos se eligen a voluntad." [ KARR, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse ]
FERNANDO CORMENZANA A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries...
ALPHONSE KARR We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.
ALPHONSE KARR If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.
ALPHONSE KARR Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they th...
ALPHONSE KARR Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he think...
ALPHONSE KARR The more things change, the more they are the same.
ALPHONSE KARR Some people grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that the thorns have roses.
ALPHONSE KARR I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding...
ALPHONSE KARR We can invent only with memory.
ALPHONSE KARR Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
ALPHONSE KARR Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the...
ALPHONSE KARR Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
ALPHONSE KARR I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presi...
ALPHONSE KARR Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which incl...
ALPHONSE KARR Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
ALPHONSE KARR If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the ...
ALPHONSE KARR Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks...
ALPHONSE KARR If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.
ALPHONSE KARR Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.
ALPHONSE KARR If we are to abolish the death penalty, let our friends the murderers make the first move.
ALPHONSE KARR The more things change, the more they remain the same.
ALPHONSE KARR If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious
ALPHONSE KARR Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which incl...
ALPHONSE KARR If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the ...
ALPHONSE KARR Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others
ALPHONSE KARR De leur meilleur côté tâchons de voir les choses:
Vous vous plaignez de voir les rosiers ép...
ALPHONSE KARR Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far strong...
ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE A wise man has his happiness in things that avoided.
DAVI OLIVEIRA Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love o...
LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN And love is two misfortunes which together do an happiness .(Et l’amour, c’est deux malheurs - Q...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE Sure the world breeds monsters, but kindness grows just as wild...
MARY KARR Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
EURIPIDES Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
EDWARD FLAHERTY Forever is composed of nows.
EMILY DICKINSON Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. Wha...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
VOLTAIRE History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.
VOLTAIRE Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
EURIPIDES After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happi...
PAULO COELHO Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
THOMAS FULLER Rnesh karr slithis," I hissed back, which was Draconic for eat your own tail, the dragon version of ...
JULIE KAGAWA History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes
VOLTAIRE Every man has three characters-that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks h...
ALPHONSE KARR (1808-1890) One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
VOLTAIRE Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
VOLTAIRE Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services...
MANMOHAN SINGH A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
HERBERT SPENCER Karr makes a big difference for us because he gives us a consistent jump shooter out there. And the ...
JAMES CARTER But misfortunes never come singly.
WILEY POST The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STAEL It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STA The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes
MADAME DE STAEL Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
UNKNOWN It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of others.
UNKNOWN Tree trunks are composed of layers of growth. Meaningful expressions are composed of layers of words...
D'ANDRE LAMPKIN A danger foreseen is half-avoided.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A danger foreseen is half-avoided.
CHEYENNE PROVERB Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
JOSEPH ROUX Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
JOSEPH ROUX Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
ARISTOTLE Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
PLAUTUS Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
ARISTOTLE Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
UNKNOWN Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
EDWARD GIBBON History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
EDWARD GIBBON Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
PIERRE BAYLE For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.
NAPOLEON HILL The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history.
L.M. MONTGOMERY Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.
JOSEPH ROUX History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
EDWARD GIBBON History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
EDWARD GIBBON Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing.
CARL SAGAN The world in which we live is composed of many objects...
KAROL WOJTYLA Patience revels in misfortunes.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Misfortunes make us wise
MARY NORTON Misfortunes never come singly.
ANNE FRANK You will have many enemies, but even your foes will love you. Life will bring you many misfortunes, ...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Happiness is a reality of NOW, it not not something that you pursue in the future. Don't pursue happ...
FARSHAD ASL Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love
FRANK MOORE COLBY History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.
KONRAD ADENAUER The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
AESOP By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
PIERRE CORNEILLE The measure of success is happiness and peace of mind.
BOBBY DAVRO Aye, we all know your fondness for apples, brother.
PHYLLIS ANN KARR Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses.
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
TERENCE (PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER) Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
MARK TWAIN History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided.
KONRAD ADENAUER All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDER A painting that is well composed is half finished.
PIERRE BONNARD Detroit is largely composed, today, of seemingly endless square miles of low-density failure.
JANE JACOBS Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with great misfortune...
ARISTOTLE

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