#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

#interesting #man #misery #mother #nobody

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

— Richard Hooker

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

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

— Dante Alighieri

#greater #happiness #misery #recall #sorrow

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

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again. ↗

— Anne Frank

#again #build #confusion #death #foundation

Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#boy #children #entire #eyes #feel

At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

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It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

#cruel #folly #man #misery #nations