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Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
[Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
[Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of read more
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
The worst of misery
Is when a nature framed for noblest things
Condemns itself in youth to read more
The worst of misery
Is when a nature framed for noblest things
Condemns itself in youth to petty joys,
And, sore athirst for air, breathes scanty life
Gasping from out the shallows.
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.