#miser

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

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I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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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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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it. ↗

— Davy Jones

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I am talking about misery and all of its implications. ↗

— Juan Rulfo

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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could. ↗

— Ian Rush

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I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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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. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

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