#miserable

And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#musical #love

So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation which, in the midst of civilization, artificially creates a hell on earth, and complicates with human fatality a destiny that is divine; so long as the three problems of the century - the degradation of man by the exploitation of his labour, the ruin of women by starvation and the atrophy of childhood by physical and spiritual night are not solved; so long as, in certain regions, social asphyxia shall be possible; in other words and from a still broader point of view, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, there should be a need for books such as this. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#les-miserables #preface #law

Life is too short to be miserable. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#life is too short #miserable #short #too

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

— Joseph Butler

#entire #extremely #love #might #miserable

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

— Nicolas Chamfort

#contemplation #less #life #live #makes

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

— Nicolas Chamfort

#contemplative #less #life #live #miserable

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes. ↗

— Bette Davis

#even #i #left #locations #miserable

The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#i #made #me #miserable #money

The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters. ↗

— James Tobin

#causes #depression #disasters #economies #failures

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ↗

— Voltaire

#madness #miserable #optimism #well