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    People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

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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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Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue
But moody and dull melancholy,
Kinsman to a grim and comfortless read more

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?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Misery Quotes,
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Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a
piece of orange-peel.

Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a
piece of orange-peel.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Misery Quotes,
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The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Misery Quotes,
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The child of misery, baptized in tears!

The child of misery, baptized in tears!

by John Langhorne Found in: Misery Quotes,
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He that is down need fear no fall.

He that is down need fear no fall.

by John Bunyan Found in: Misery Quotes,
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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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Laugh not once at one's misfortune for one will laugh twice as much at you later.

Laugh not once at one's misfortune for one will laugh twice as much at you later.

by Kazi Shams Found in: Misery Quotes,
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