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This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.
This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
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.]
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.
I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains
I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles read more
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.