Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed in a newspaper, are so many admonitions and warnings, so many beacons, continually burning, to turn… — Thomas Hartwell Horne
Misery loves another idiot with a jukebox where his soul should be. — Steve Almond
So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging to the master… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
The truly miserable have a timbre in their voices strong enough to erase smiles from the faces and souls of the contented. — St. Jerome
Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable. — Jean de la Bruyere
Take this sorrow to thy heart and make it part of thee, and it shall nourish thee till thou art strong again. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. — William Cowper
If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is on the road… — Luther Burbank
The vice of envy is not only a dangerous, but a mean vice; for it is always a confession of inferiority. It may promote conduct… — Theodore Roosevelt
Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity… — Gifford Pinchot
We have found ways . . . to torture and maim animals and make their lives a misery, almost a living hell . . .… — David
Candidates have been telling you that if elected they would 'pull you from this bog hole of financial misery.' Now is a good chance to… — Will Rogers
If everyone would take only according to his needs and would leave the surplus to the needy, no one would be rich, no one poor,… — Saint Basil
Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society. It has become the way we feel close to each other, because it makes… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation from suffering and… — Nhat Hanh
Do things with your whole heart, with as much intensity as you are capable of. Anything done halfheartedly never brings joy to life. It only… — Rajneesh
What is now happening to the people of the East as of the West is like what happens to every individual when he passes from… — Leo Tolstoy
Every one that flatters thee Is no friend in misery. Words are easy, like the wind, Faithful friends are hard to find. — Richard Barnfield
I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror,… — Bernard Herrmann
Let me tell you a little bit about demons. They love pain and other people’s misery. They lie when it suits them and don’t see… — Brenna Yovanoff
There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making. — John Currin
The sounds of many were unintelligible and undoubtedly many more called for their parents from whom they were parted by death or by accident. They… — Martin Caidin
Saloons provide moments of genuine ecstasy - but only if your soul is at peace and the rest of your life bears contemplating. Otherwise, they… — Wilfrid Sheed
Human misery is so appalling nowadays that if we allowed ourselves to dwell on it we should only add imaginary miseries of our own to… — George Bernard Shaw
Length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery. — C.S. Lewis

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