#wretched

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

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Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of the earth is multiform. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

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Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when he dies, if he be not clothed with Christ's righteousness, and enriched in his God. ↗

— Johann Arndt

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There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements. ↗

— William Bligh

#anywhere #class #common #degree #lower

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

— Andrew Carnegie

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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

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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night. ↗

— Sophocles

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Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched. ↗

— Virgil

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Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched. ↗

— John Webster

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