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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 child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
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.
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.]
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
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.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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.
