An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON CALAMITY
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914, American author, editor, journalist, "The Devil's Dictionary")
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, British author)
It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss.
Sir Roger L'Estrange
He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.
Bishop Porteous
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