The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all read more

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.

He that is down need fear no fall.

He that is down need fear no fall.

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

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.

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.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the read more

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

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.

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.