Misery Quotes

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No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. — Thomas Carlyle
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. — Dante Alighieri
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
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. — Charlie Chaplin
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. — Winston Churchill
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. — Winston Churchill
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon. — Woody Allen
In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because if you do it as… — Jarvis Cocker
So many other things for us to see, Things to be, Our history so full of tragedy and misery. — Tupac Shakur
There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no happiness in life, there is no misery, like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the limits of subsistence,… — John F. Kennedy
How much harder it is to bear one's splendor than one's miseries! — Douglas Harding
All in November's soaking mist We stand and prune the naked tree, While all our love and interest Seem quenched in the blue-nosed misery. — Ruth Pitter
Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do… — Thomas Carlyle
Were not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the tedious train of calamities inseparable… — Alexander Hamilton
Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great… — Laozi
Since I only got one life to ive, God forgive me for my sins, let me make it and i'll never steal again, or deal… — Tupac Shakur

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