#wretch

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#does #eyes #ignorance #mislead #mortals

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. ↗

— Simone Weil

#alone #contemplate #god #him #image

Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles. ↗

— Thomas Sprat

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Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are! ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. ↗

— John McCain

#could #cruel #description #fool #fraud

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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