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He that is down need fear no fall.
He that is down need fear no fall.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]
The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]
This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.
This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.
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.
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.
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those read more
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il read more
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,
Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]