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    Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue
    But moody and dull melancholy,
    Kinsman to a grim and comfortless despair,
    And at her heels a huge infectious troop
    Of pale distemperatures and foes to life?

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The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]

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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.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Misery Quotes,
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And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Misery Quotes,
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Misery travels free through the whole world!
[Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]

Misery travels free through the whole world!
[Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]

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But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

by John Milton Found in: Misery Quotes,
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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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

by Anne Frank Found in: Misery Quotes,
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Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

by Spike Milligan Found in: Misery Quotes,
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There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles read more

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Misery Quotes,
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