I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some read more

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

The child of misery, baptized in tears!

The child of misery, baptized in tears!

Laugh not once at one's misfortune for one will laugh twice as much at you later.

Laugh not once at one's misfortune for one will laugh twice as much at you later.

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

He that is down need fear no fall.

He that is down need fear no fall.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer read more

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.