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Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he read more
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, read more
Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, and where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and,
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles read more
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.
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.
