Quotes: Misery
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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929-1945)
If misery loves company, then triumph demands an audience.
Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694-1778)
To live by one man’s will becomes the cause of all misery.
English bishop and Anglican Divine
Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
British poet and cultural critic (1822-1888)
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.
American writer and satirist (1925-2019)
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817-1862)
People in misery is what most important in art.
Chinese filmmaker