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Miseries Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without…
- One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of…
- Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
- It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without…
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- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson
- The Americans say that we are ungrateful-but I ask them for heaven's sake, what should we be grateful to them for-for murdering… — David Walker
- It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his… — Samuel Johnson
- Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is… — Tryon Edwards
- The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other… — Richard Sibbes
- The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and… — Blaise Pascal
- The brain is the man; its health is essential for normal living; its disorders are surely the most profound of human miseries;… — H. Chandler Elliott
- To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us. — Philip Massinger