Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

Such is the remorseless progression of human society, shedding lives and souls as it goes on its way. It is an ocean into which men… — Victor Hugo
Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that… — Erica Jong
Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human… — John F. Kennedy
Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives. — William Cobbett
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery. — Thomas Traherne
There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a… — Malcolm Muggeridge
The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery. — Seneca the Younger
I who once wrote songs with keen delight am now by sorrow driven to take up melancholy measures. Wounded Muses tell me what I must… — Boethius
Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels not its own happiness, but when it may be compared… — Samuel Johnson
I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful… — Jonathan Swift
The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid; misery… — Dambisa Moyo
Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception. Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a… — Lahiri Mahasaya
Misery is wasted on the miserable. — Louis C. K.
Whatever a man might do, whatever misery or heartache your children might give you - and they give you a lot - however much your… — Audrey Hepburn
Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery. — Julie Walters
And one more thing: Sometimes comfort doesn’t matter. When a shoe is freakin’ fabulous, it may be worth a subsequent day of misery. Soak in… — Clinton Kelly
Say I feel all sad and self-indulgent, then get stung by a wasp, my misery feels quite abstract and I long just to be in… — Russell Brand
Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy. — Montgomery Clift
Yes, we who are full to the gorge with misery should look well around, doubting everything seen, done, spoken, precisely because we have a word… — Djuna Barnes
This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even… — Celia Johnson
In some ways I feel sorry for racists and for religious fanatics, because they so much miss the point of being human, and deserve a… — Christopher Hitchens
I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery. — Beverly D'Angelo
Manhattanism is the one urbanistic ideology that has fed, from its conception, on the splendors and miseries of the metropolitan condition—hyper-density—without once losing faith in… — Rem Koolhaas
Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery. — Gates McFadden
Then we heard the rumours: that the last scientists were working on a cure that would end the plague and restore the world. Restore it?… — Unknown Author

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