Miserable Quotes

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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. — Francis Bacon
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. — Francis Bacon
I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at… — Bob Barker
Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable. — Ezra Taft Benson
God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants us to be… — Ezra Taft Benson
Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable. — Ambrose Bierce
The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument. — Ritchie Blackmore
There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo. — Erma Bombeck
I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be. — Jo Brand
I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing… — Jo Brand
I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other. — Anne Bronte
Life is too short to be miserable. — Rita Mae Brown
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture,… — Adam Carolla
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. — Nicolas Chamfort
One morning, about four o'clock, I was driving my car just about as fast as I could. I thought, Why am I out this time… — June Carter Cash
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. — Carlos Castaneda
Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes. — Miguel de Cervantes
At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just… — Agatha Christie

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