Misery

Famous quotes containing the word misery:

“Every morn and every night
Some to misery are born.
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“And mighty poets in their misery dead.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)