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Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
[Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
[Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
Hope is the physician of each misery.
Hope is the physician of each misery.
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those read more
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
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.
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.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
