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The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]
The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]
He that is down need fear no fall.
He that is down need fear no fall.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue
But moody and dull melancholy,
Kinsman to a grim and comfortless read more
Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue
But moody and dull melancholy,
Kinsman to a grim and comfortless despair,
And at her heels a huge infectious troop
Of pale distemperatures and foes to life?
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
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
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.
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage read more
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.
