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    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.

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The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery

by Frederick Douglass Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.

by Jacopo Sannazaro 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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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.

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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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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.

by George Eliot Found in: Misery Quotes,
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

by Joseph Joubert Found in: Misery Quotes,
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But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

by John Milton Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.]

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