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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.
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.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of read more
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
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 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.]
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those read more
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.
