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I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some read more
I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's
misery.
That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's
misery.
All of which misery I saw, part of which I was.
[Lat., Quaeque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars read more
All of which misery I saw, part of which I was.
[Lat., Quaeque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars magna fui.]
Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery read more
Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.
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.]
