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Misfortune Quotes

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We all know people that seem to have been unfairly dealt one too many crosses in their lifetimes, while others seem to have survived seemingly unscathed. How many times have we heard about someone else’s misfortune and thought to ourselves: “He (or she) is such a great person, how come this stuff never seems to happen to the idiots in the world?” It’s not that we are dealing with something that seems totally unjust – it 's how we react to, cope with, and ultimately handle this misfortune that matters the most. Bad things happen to good people as well as to not-so-good people. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Since 1888, when this quote was first used by German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, there have been numerous, yet differing
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