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    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.

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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.

by Josh Billings 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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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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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.

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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

by Joseph Joubert Found in: Misery Quotes,
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That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's
misery.

That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's
misery.

by Richard Hooker Found in: Misery Quotes,
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A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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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Hope is the physician of each misery.

Hope is the physician of each misery.

by Irish Proverb Found in: Misery Quotes,
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