#misery

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. ↗

— Albert Camus

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There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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

— Richard Hooker

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Misery is a match that never goes out. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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People in misery is what most important in art. ↗

— Zhang Yimou

#important #misery #most #people

Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated. ↗

— George Grosz

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If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery. ↗

— Michael Harrington

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

— Dante Alighieri

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