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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
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 child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
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.
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,
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
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.
