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The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
He that is down need fear no fall.
He that is down need fear no fall.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
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.
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.]
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.
