(272 quotes found)
“I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.”
Lord Byron
“I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think. peace and tranquillity will return again.”
Anne Frank
“To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.”
Albert Camus
“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”
Jane Austen
“There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery”
Dante Alighieri
“The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course, because in Him we find both God and our misery.”
Blaise Pascal
“Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”
“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Seeking happiness is a straight way to misery.”
English Proverb
