Wretched Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

Everything that is loved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but distress and punishment. Every action that…

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy.

— William Hazlitt

Our very wretchedness grows dear to us when suffering for one we love.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Real fulfillment, for the man who allows absolutely free rein to his desires, and who much dominate everything, lies in hatred.

— Albert Camus

One wants to be loved, in lack thereof admired, in lack thereof feared, in lack thereof loathed and despised. One wants to instill some…

— Hjalmar Söderberg

“When a person is miserable, wretched, and unhappy in himself, put him in what circumstances you please, and he is wretched still. If a…

— Heber C. Kimball

One writes what one lives, even if not in a literal way. Someone who has gone through an unhappy love tends to describe unhappy…

— Dacia Maraini

There are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.

— L. Frank Baum

Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you to…

— Jeremy Bentham

“The difference between being loved and feeling loved accounts for half the misery in the world." Between Eternities”

— R. Pilpel

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.

— Scott Hahn