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.

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery read more

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

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.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.