Quotes about misery
misery century lack-of-time
The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time. John Fowles
misery capitalism humans
Capitalism is the greatest system ever created for alleviating general human misery, and yet it breeds ingratitude. Jonah Goldberg
misery kind fame
Virtue were a kind of misery if fame were all the garland that crowned her.
misery violent guts
You almost had to live through it to really know the gut ripping misery of the depression during the early thirties which led to labor's bloodiest and most violent days. Jimmy Hoffa
misery
There can be no peace for us, only misery, and the greatest happiness. Leo Tolstoy
misery without-hope
He was never without misery, and never without hope. Joseph Heller
misery these-days journalist
What else has a journalist to do these days, after all, but report life's miseries? John le Carre
misery rich poor
What else is there for the rich to do, If not to relieve the poor of their misery? Pancho Villa
misery sin carrie
Sin carries in it its own misery. John Piper
misery wealth given
Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery. Martin Farquhar Tupper
misery
Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness. Markus Zusak
misery companion consolation
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery. Publilius Syrus
misery disguise frugality
Frugality is misery in disguise.
misery miserable restless
Here is a thing which the more you fear and avoid it the nearer you approach to it, and this is misery; the more you flee from it the more miserable and restless you will become. Leonardo da Vinci
misery paint
There are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness ... Letitia Elizabeth Landon
misery mystery
There is no Mystery so great as Misery. Oscar Wilde
misery born dare
The misery of us, that are born great, We are forced to woo because none dare woo us. John Webster
misery fortune misfortunes
Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift. Philip Sidney
misery pleasure
I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries. Mason Cooley
misery pleasure forgetfulness
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. Sophocles
misery blame
No one is to blame for our miseries but ourselves. Swami Vivekananda
misery materialism
Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.
misery wealth alas
Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings! Thomas Haynes Bayly
misery poet
And mighty poets in their misery dead. William Wordsworth
misery being-loved
There's no misery in not being loved, only in not loving. Rod McKuen
misery spirit spirituality
He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery. Voltaire
misery boring loveless
Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring--this is one of the harshest human miseries. Wislawa Szymborska
misery mood things-to-do
The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible. W. Somerset Maugham
misery enough pauses
Be again, be again. (Pause.) All that old misery. (Pause.) Once wasn't enough for you. Samuel Beckett
misery shame
Misery and shame are nearly allied. Samuel Johnson
misery cures radical
The cure for the greatest part of human miseries is not radical, but palliative.
misery life-is endure
If life is misery, why do we endure it? Roberto Bolano
misery
Do we always, always to the point of misery, do a thing? Saul Bellow