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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il read more
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,
Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
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.
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.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
