#misery

The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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To live by one man's will becomes the cause of all misery. ↗

— Richard Hooker

#cause #live #man #misery #to live by

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#doing #happiness #men #misery #nothing

Misery is a match that never goes out. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#match #misery #never #out

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

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I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances. ↗

— Martha Washington

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I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery. ↗

— Danny Boyle

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The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#choose #come #decision #happiness #life

That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true. ↗

— David D. Burns

#bad #create #fool #misery #moods