#miser

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. ↗

— Quintilian

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As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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Misery's fine - as long as you know you can get out of it when you want to. ↗

— Arthur Adamov

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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy. ↗

— Montgomery Clift

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Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

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Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another Bryant soap opera. ↗

— Karl Malone

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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ↗

— William James

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Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends. ↗

— Erica Jong

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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable. ↗

— Janis Joplin

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