Adversity Quote by William Shakespeare

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain,…

— William Shakespeare

Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and words express,…

— William Shakespeare

A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Grief! thou art classed amongst the depressing passions. And true it is that thou humblest to the dust, but also thou exaltest to the…

— Thomas de Quincey

“Thou whose injustice hath supplied the cause That makes me quit the weary life I loathe, As by this wounded bosom thou canst see…

— Miguel de Cervantes

Weep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt…

— Matthew Arnold

But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven To bleed for man, to teach him how to live, And, oh! still…

— Beilby Porteus

Pain was not given thee merely to be miserable under; learn from it, turn it to account.

— Thomas Carlyle

“Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head. Have I not suffered enough,…

— Mary Shelley

“Rarely, rarely comest thou, Spirit of Delight! Wherefore hast thou left me now Many a day and night? Many a weary night and day…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender…

— Mary Baker Eddy

Let me set my mournful ditty To a merry measure; Thou wilt never come for pity, Thou wilt come for pleasure; Pity then will…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley