Amorous Quote by William Morris

In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong,…

— Georges Cuvier

We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic…

— Eric Hoffer

Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.

— Miguel de Cervantes

“We’re a “rational” species—at least that’s what we tell ourselves. So why are we so irrationally enslaved by so many bad habits? It’s because…

— Darren Hardy

Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are.

— Voltaire

Man is more miserable, more restless and unsatisfied than ever before, simply because half his nature--the spiritual--is starving for true food, and the other…

— Paul Brunton

“A man engrossed in sensual pleasures may form a mistaken out look upon life and think that he enjoys life more than others do.…

— Mohammad Qutub

We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial—I believe we are lost.

— Erich Maria Remarque

Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves forever barred…

— Henry Fielding

The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.

— Michel de Montaigne

We are not masters of our own affections; our inclinations dailyalter: now we love pleasure, and anon we shall dote on business. Human frailty…

— George Etherege