Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military Leader, Politician
"Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity."
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Calamity
51 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities."
Laozi
Philosopher
"There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war."
Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence."
T. E. Lawrence
Writer, Archaeologist, Military Officer
"Half a calamity is better than a whole one."
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"Until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared"
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"There is no calamity that right words will not begin to redress"
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"Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity."
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"Bear calamities with meekness."
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"These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger."
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"Calamity is virtue's opportunity."
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"The stock actor is a stage calamity"
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"The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for."
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"What good is religion if it collapses under calamity?"
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"Love becomes greater and nobler in calamity."
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"Public calamity is a mighty leveller."
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"The worst calamity: 'To have eyes and fail to see.'"
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"Good biology without good philosophy will be a calamity."
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