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title: "5 Greatest Misery Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“As Sicknes is the greatest misery, so the greatest misery of sicknes, is solitude...Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-sacks/as-sicknes-is-the-greatest-misery-so-the-greatest-misery-of-sicknes/)

[Oliver Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-sacks/)

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> [“The greatest misery in adverse fortune is once to have been happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boethius/the-greatest-misery-in-adverse-fortune-is-once-to-have-been-happy/)

[Boethius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boethius/)

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> [“In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buddha/in-separateness-lies-the-world-s-greatest-misery-in-compassion-lies/)

[Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buddha/)

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> [Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-of-wellington/next-to-a-battle-lost-the-greatest-misery-is-a-battle-gained/)

[Duke of Wellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-of-wellington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/duke-of-wellington-11380_battle_next-to-a-battle-lost-the-greatest-miser_1656368.jpg)

> [The greatest misery does not stop Me from uniting Myself to a soul, but where there is pride, I am not there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-faustina-kowalska/the-greatest-misery-does-not-stop-me-from-uniting-myself-to-a-soul/)

[Mary Faustina Kowalska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-faustina-kowalska/)

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