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    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?

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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer read more

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.

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People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage read more

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

by Graham Greene Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.

by Francis Picabia Found in: Misery Quotes,
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He that is down need fear no fall.

He that is down need fear no fall.

by John Bunyan Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.

by Richard Hooker Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.

by Erica Jong Found in: Misery Quotes,
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The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.]

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