#wretched

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#man #sum #sum total #total #wretchedness

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

— Leonardo da Vinci

#does #eyes #ignorance #mislead #mortals

We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#how #little #little time #live #matter

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#completely #few #hope #low #none

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

#band #cannot #christ #dislike #him

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

#because #how #just #just because #know

I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alzheimer #any #atrophy #best #could

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