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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
~ Ambrose Bierce ~
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
~ William Davenant ~
Calamity is man's true touchstone.
~ Beaumont and Fletcher ~
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.
~ Samuel Johnson ~
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.
~ Henry Mackenzie ~
He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.
~ Bishop Porteous ~
Calamity is the test of integrity.
~ Samuel Richardson ~
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