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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
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
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
[Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
[Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man'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.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.