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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.
He that is down need fear no fall.
He that is down need fear no fall.
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 child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
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.]
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
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.
Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all read more
Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
Laugh not once at one's misfortune for one will laugh twice as much at you later.
Laugh not once at one's misfortune for one will laugh twice as much at you later.
