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No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
 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. 
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.
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.
Hope is the physician of each misery.
Hope is the physician of each misery.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
 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. 
 Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a 
piece of orange-peel.  
 Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a 
piece of orange-peel. 
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.