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Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
The child of misery, baptized in tears!
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.]
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
The miserable have no other medicine but hope.
Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, read more
Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, and where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and,
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
No, misery makes sport to mock itself.
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.
