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People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely miserable. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Lord Byron

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To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. ↗

— Albert Camus

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I don't think we can be entirely happy seeing such misery around us. ↗

— Eric Cantona

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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive,' for me, is very simple. It's just about alienation, really, that causes anger. ↗

— Jon Crosby

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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. ↗

— Samuel Daniel

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This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war. ↗

— Tom Daschle

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