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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
He that is down need fear no fall.
He that is down need fear no fall.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.
This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;
And in his needy shop read more
Meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account of boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses
Were thinly scattered, to make up a show.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
