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.

And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

He that is down need fear no fall.

He that is down need fear no fall.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand.

There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the read more

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue
But moody and dull melancholy,
Kinsman to a grim and comfortless read more

Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue
But moody and dull melancholy,
Kinsman to a grim and comfortless despair,
And at her heels a huge infectious troop
Of pale distemperatures and foes to life?