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Miseries Quotes

If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock Picture Quote #1

A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record Picture Quote #1

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries Picture Quote #1

Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of some fictitious good; of something which is not required by any real want of nature, which has not in itself any power of gratification, and which neither reason nor fancy would have prompted us to wish, did we not see it in the possession of others Picture Quote #1

Human misery is so appalling nowadays that if we allowed ourselves to dwell on it we should only add imaginary miseries of our own to the real miseries of others without doing them any good Picture Quote #1

There really is no time for wallowing in the miseries of life: we don’t have all the time in the world, we have all the world, and not enough time Picture Quote #1

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I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together Picture Quote #1

Love! dearest, sweetest power! how much are we indebted to thee! How much superior are even thy miseries to the pleasures which arise from other sources! Picture Quote #1

It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life Picture Quote #1

Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions Picture Quote #1

The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves and which makes us imperceptibly ruin ourselves Picture Quote #1

If we are more affected by the ruin of a palace than by the conflagration of a cottage, our humanity must have formed a very erroneous estimate of the miseries of human life Picture Quote #1

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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries Picture Quote #1

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable Picture Quote #1

Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery Picture Quote #1

One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past Picture Quote #1

The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries Picture Quote #1

The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition Picture Quote #1

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Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share Picture Quote #1

Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one’s family was much worse. Humiliation of one’s social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one’s nation was the most excruciating of human miseries Picture Quote #1

All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible Picture Quote #1

Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries Picture Quote #1

What else has a journalist to do these days, after all, but report life’s miseries? Picture Quote #1

History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite Picture Quote #1

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Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view Picture Quote #1

War has been avoided from a due sense of the miseries, and the demoralization it produces, and of the superior blessings of a state of peace and friendship with all mankind Picture Quote #1

Each one of us reaps what we ourselves have sown. These miseries under which we suffer, these bondages under which we struggle, have been caused by ourselves, and none else in the universe is to blame. God is the least to blame for it Picture Quote #1

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets Picture Quote #1

I have a new method of poetry. All you got to do is look over your notebooks... or lay down on a couch, and think of anything that comes into your head, especially the miseries. Then arrange in lines of two, three or four words each, don’t bother about sentences, in sections of two, three or four lines each Picture Quote #1

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life Picture Quote #1

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If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock (Miseries Quotes) A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record (Miseries Quotes) Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries (Miseries Quotes) Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of some fictitious good; of something which is not required by any real want of nature, which has not in itself any power of gratification, and which neither reason nor fancy would have prompted us to wish, did we not see it in the possession of others (Miseries Quotes) Human misery is so appalling nowadays that if we allowed ourselves to dwell on it we should only add imaginary miseries of our own to the real miseries of others without doing them any good (Miseries Quotes) There really is no time for wallowing in the miseries of life: we don’t have all the time in the world, we have all the world, and not enough time (Miseries Quotes) I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together (Miseries Quotes) Love! dearest, sweetest power! how much are we indebted to thee! How much superior are even thy miseries to the pleasures which arise from other sources! (Miseries Quotes) It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life (Miseries Quotes) Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions (Miseries Quotes) The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves and which makes us imperceptibly ruin ourselves (Miseries Quotes) If we are more affected by the ruin of a palace than by the conflagration of a cottage, our humanity must have formed a very erroneous estimate of the miseries of human life (Miseries Quotes) The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries (Miseries Quotes) Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable (Miseries Quotes) Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery (Miseries Quotes) One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past (Miseries Quotes) The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries (Miseries Quotes) The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition (Miseries Quotes) Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share (Miseries Quotes) Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one’s family was much worse. Humiliation of one’s social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one’s nation was the most excruciating of human miseries (Miseries Quotes) All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible (Miseries Quotes) Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries (Miseries Quotes) What else has a journalist to do these days, after all, but report life’s miseries? (Miseries Quotes) History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite (Miseries Quotes) Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view (Miseries Quotes) War has been avoided from a due sense of the miseries, and the demoralization it produces, and of the superior blessings of a state of peace and friendship with all mankind (Miseries Quotes) Each one of us reaps what we ourselves have sown. These miseries under which we suffer, these bondages under which we struggle, have been caused by ourselves, and none else in the universe is to blame. God is the least to blame for it (Miseries Quotes) Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets (Miseries Quotes) I have a new method of poetry. All you got to do is look over your notebooks... or lay down on a couch, and think of anything that comes into your head, especially the miseries. Then arrange in lines of two, three or four words each, don’t bother about sentences, in sections of two, three or four lines each (Miseries Quotes) Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life (Miseries Quotes)

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