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The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
Misery travels free through the whole world!
[Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]
Misery travels free through the whole world!
[Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]
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.
Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer read more
Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.
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.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
