#miser

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. ↗

— Louis Mumford

#death #destruction #form #misery #mutilation

I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#afterlife #children #dangers #early #external

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether. ↗

— James Payn

#benevolent #denying #far #hear #himself

The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers. ↗

— Matthew Perry

#couple #diane #gone #got #happy

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. ↗

— Francis Picabia

#each #maybe #men #misery #only

The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt. ↗

— Gail Porter

#feeding #felt #i #inadequate #miserable

August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor. ↗