#wretch

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives. ↗

— David Sedaris

#books #i #like #lives #nonfiction

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#being rich #live #people #rich #rich people

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial. ↗

— Nahum Tate

#friendship #greatness #knows #men #private

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#course #delights #hatred #his #kills

Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#wretch #love

The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. ↗

— Walter Scott

#death-and-dying #pride #walter-scott #wretch #death

The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters ↗

— Mathias Malzieu

#monsters #torment #transform #wretch #love

Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven. ↗

— Samuel Hopkins

#cannot #community #escape #furthermore #heaven

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. ↗

— Elizabeth II

#come #ready #these #until #wretched

The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#beautiful #bury #case #face #heroine