#miser

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. ↗

— Duke of Wellington

#gained #greatest #lost #misery #next

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#depend #disagreeable #him #his #man

Misery is almost always the result of thinking. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#always #misery #result #thinking

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. ↗

— Federico Fellini

#awkward #convince #desperate #having #hype

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#i #kiss #may #might #miserable

To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave. ↗

— Denis Kearney

#aristocracy #bloated #cheap #china #despair

Shall each man," cried he, "find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone? I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn. Man! You may hate, but beware! Your hours will pass in dread and misery, and soon the bolt will fall which must ravish from you your happiness forever. Are you to be happy while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness? You can blast my other passions, but revenge remains—revenge, henceforth dearer than light or food! I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery. Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful. I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom. Man, you shall repent of the injuries you inflict. ↗

— Mary Shelley

#love #misery #passion #revenge #food

People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, that's both liberating and alarming. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#anything #architecture #both #course #ecstatic

We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#best #energy #here #improve #miserable

For the last few years, it's been so chic for everybody to be miserable. Like if you're in with the cool crowd, you can't be happy. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#been #chic #cool #crowd #everybody