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quotes by topic Calamity

" A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. "

Oliver Goldsmith

Future , Past , Present , Regret , Calamity

" A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Old , Calamity

" No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then, as in a vertigo, blunder upon blunder lures him. "

Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

Destiny , Calamity

" Perhaps that is why desire causes men calamity. By identifying with our desires and taking them too seriously, we not only increase our susceptibility to disappointment, we actually create a climate inhospitable to the free and easy fulfillment of those desires. "

Desire , Calamity

Oliver Goldsmith

Future , Past , Present , Regret , Calamity , Lies

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Old , Calamity