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The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il read more
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,
Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
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
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.