Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will… — Samuel Johnson
Much mischief is done in the world with very little interest or design. — Samuel Johnson
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated. — Samuel Johnson
Men are most powerfully affected by those evils which themselves feel, or which appear before their own eyes. — Samuel Johnson
Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships. — Samuel Johnson
Misery and shame are nearly allied. — Samuel Johnson
Religion informs us that misery and sin were produced together. The depravation of human will was followed by a disorder of the harmony of nature;… — Samuel Johnson
The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life and… — Jean Vanier
And mighty poets in their misery dead. — William Wordsworth
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. — Pietro Aretino
The submissive will make it through to that final scene, for the word of God will lead the man and woman of Christ "in a… — Neal A. Maxwell
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of… — Akkineni Nagarjuna
A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be? — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing. — Izaak Walton
Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery. — Homer
Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. — Hannah More
The greater part of human misery is caused by indolence. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal,… — Barbara Tuchman
The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself. — Jean de la Bruyere
A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness. — Eric Hoffer
I am as comfortless as a pilgrim with peas in his shoes - and as cold as Charity, Chastity or any other Virtue. — Lord Byron
Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying. — Gertrude Stein
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery — Francis Picabia
Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for… — Samuel Johnson
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away. — Edward Dahlberg

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