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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.
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.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.
But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.
But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
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.]
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
