Miseries Quotes

163 quotes by 125 authors

Man disavows, and Deity disowns me: hell might afford my miseries a shelter; therefore hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths all bolted against me. — William Cowper
Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living. — Toni Cade Bambara
One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past. — Samuel Johnson
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can… — Sophocles
I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my… — Ludwig van Beethoven
Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both… — Joseph Addison
Consider that the trials and troubles, the calamities and miseries, the crosses and losses that you meet with in this world, are all the hell… — Thomas Brooks
If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing; go in your sins,… — Charles Spurgeon
Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events;… — Milan Kundera
Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have… — Robert Emmet
There are things you can describe in life and things you just canâ€™t. There are dangers and adventures, miseries and fear that you can tell… — Andrew Klavan
The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us. If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I… — Swami Vivekananda
If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than… — Solon
Life's miseries fall disproportionately on children. — Frank Sulloway
Let us look upon a crucified Christ, the remedy of all our miseries. His cross hath procured a crown, his passion hath expiated our transgressions.… — Stephen Charnock
We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed between… — Alvin Toffler
Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism. — Swami Vivekananda
Just death, kind umpire of men's miseries. — William Shakespeare
A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not… — Denise Levertov
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of… — J C Ryle

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