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• The difference between a misfortune and a calamity?
  If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune....
• The difference between a misfortune and a calamity?
  If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune....
• Calamity, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering.
  Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others....
• It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
  -- Benjamin E. Mays (1895-1984) U.S. educator, clergyma...
• Seeking duration too hastily brings misfortune persistently. Nothing that would further.
• The Marrying Maiden. Undertakings bring misfortune. Nothing that would further.
• That when a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire.
  -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Lothair, Chap. xxviii...
• Calamity is the test of integrity.