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Misery travels free through the whole world!
[Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]
Misery travels free through the whole world!
[Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
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.
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?
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.]
