Wretched Quotes

328 Wretched quotes by 254 unique authors

What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession. — Georges Bizet
Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched. — John Webster
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. — Plato
In falling markets, there is nothing that has not happened before. The bear or pessimist sees only the past, which imprisons the wretched financial soul… — James Buchan
When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That was something I… — Nate Parker
Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I have no confidence in myself, I have no government of… — Charles Dickens
Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that was not the part which outraged you! Fool, what have… — Marcus Aurelius
For nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a wretched commonplace when I am talking from my inmost heart — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If I had a gift, I would have filled half the world with passionate people, with those people crazy enough to get out of their… — Melchor Lim
It's the dream of a better tomorrow that makes us bear wretched lives of today... — Melchor Lim
I couldnt allow myself to think about her very long; if I had I would have jumped off the bridge. Its strange. I had become… — Superman
In the cruel world and wretched society, If you become a weak then you became a prey — Alvin
I was underserving,wretched,and helpless,Yet God opened His arms and His heart to me.I could almost hear Him whisper I love you even more than you… — Marianette Carbito
Looking at my face in the mirror, it says I still have a chance. But when I walk out the door, they shatter with the… — Unkown
I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands. — Unknown Author
These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. — Unknown Author
The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case,… — Ivor Novello
Isolationism is over. It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become. — Ralph Steadman
This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of the earth, that they might witness their own wretchedness. — Angela Carter
To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited… — Samuel Johnson
Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. — Thomas Fuller
Wretched are the poor that sell their hopes instead of a filling meal part of a day or a pail... and a tiny existence for… — Mariana Fulger
No reason why anyone should fall from the eyes, Oh, wretched people who take advantage of this limitation, and the desire to rise above it,… — Mak_786
Honor, justice and humanity call upon us to hold and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty, which we received from our ancestors. It is… — John Dickinson
Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am… — John Knox

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