misfortune

• My own share in this misfortune is all I could pretend to describe with fidelity. —  Prisoner for Blasphemy
• From this reading of a decade of political defeats, liberals extracted several lessons: First, that their misfortune was a result of liberal purity, or acquiescence to dirty tricks; second, that these tricks must be countered by equivalent tactics; and most important, that liberalism and liberals themselves were not to blame for their political misfortune.
• This misfortune is the more to be feared when our will pretends to be its own master instead of abandoning itself to divine Providence; for the perfection of the will consists in placing itself in God's hands, in making use of its own proper activity only to become more dependent on Him, in being always docile to grace. —  Latest Articles
• An economic malaise that forces a violated woman to prostitute her misfortune is the enemy. —  PinoyPress
• That your misfortune is the result of a concerted plan on the part of Le Noir and his tool, I partly see, but I wish you to put me in possession of all the facts, that I may see in what manner I may be able to assist you Ah, Herbert, I thank you, most faithful of friends, but I doubt whether you can assist me in any other manner than in being kind to my poor mother and my dear Clara when I am gone--for ah, old playmate, the act can be too surely proved upon me, and the penalty is certain--and it is death!" —  Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand'

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