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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
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.
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.
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.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
He that is down need fear no fall.
He that is down need fear no fall.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;
And in his needy shop read more
Meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account of boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses
Were thinly scattered, to make up a show.