Quote by Mrs. Henry Wood

“The extreme affliction which overtakes human beings does not create human misery, it merely reveals it.”

— Simone Weil

“In the worldly life, what is misery? It is the pain created from wrong suspicions.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.”

— Pietro Aretino

“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and…

— Adam Smith

“Momentary happiness is worse than permanent misery.”

— Ahmed Mostafa

“Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional.”

— Tim Hansel

“Gloom, despair, and agony on me. Deep, dark depression, excessive misery. If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.”

— Susan Heather

“There is no greater sorrow than thinking back upon a happy time in misery--”

— Dante Alighieri

“The amassing of evil brings misery. The accumulation of good brings blessings.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Misery is optional.”

— Gary Paulsen

“Excessive suffering brings with it a kind of dull insensibility and stupor....”

— Émile Gaboriau

“Like most misery, it started with an apparent happiness”

— Markus Zusak