“My life seemed so wretched, the future so hopeless, the past so black!” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the… — Ivor Novello Copy Share Image
Brooklyn has a bit of everything - some of the most beautiful things in America, and some of the most wretched, ugly,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father,… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
“He was altogether wretched. He hated the dark, and he hated the light more: he hated everything, and the Ring most of… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I wonder, that one missing sock after doing laundry, is the smart one. After being unhappy for so long, it finally… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I've never known about anyone being helped by being told how wretched, miserable, sinful, and evil they are. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have… — Euripides Copy Share Image
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men are sponges, which, to pour out, receive; Who know false play, rather than lose, deceive. For in best understandings sin began,… — John Donne Copy Share Image
Baseball loyalists cite the game's legendary numbers - 300 wins, 500 homers, 3,000 hits - as evidence of the sport's elegance, beauty,… — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
“Wretched, ephemeral race, children of chance and tribulation, why do you force me to tell you the very thing which it would… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people… — James Cook Copy Share Image
Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
O blessed Health! thou art above all gold and treasure; 'tis thou who enlargest the soul, and openest all its powers to… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Government ought to be as much open to improvement as anything which appertains to man, instead of which it has been monopolized… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
And what have you laymen made of hell? A kind of penal servitude for eternity, on the lines of your convict prisons… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
I mean not to accuse any one, but to take the shame upon myself, in common, indeed, with the whole parliament of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
The condition of all who are preoccupied is wretched, but most wretched is the condition of those who labor at preoccupations that… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A country is strong which consists of wealthy families, every member of whom is interested in defending a common treasure; it is… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death freely chosen, death at the right time, brightly and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Whilst America hath been the land of promise to Europeans, and their descendants, it hath been the vale of death to millions… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
My first few weeks in America are always miserable, because the tastes I am cursed with are all of a kind that… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
When I first painted a number of canvases grey all over (about eight years ago), I did so because I did not… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
