Top Misery Quotes
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill
Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.
Montgomery Clift
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
Nagarjuna
This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people.
Walter Ulbricht
There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.
Francois Fenelon
Martha Washington 
Matt LeBlanc 
Addison Mizner 
Duke of Wellington 
Thomas Huxley 
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Thornton Wilder 
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill 
82% of people like this quote
Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.
Montgomery Clift
70% of people like this quote
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
Nagarjuna
70% of people like this quote
This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people.
Walter Ulbricht
64% of people like this quote
There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.
Francois Fenelon
61% of people like this quote
Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.
Red Skelton
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May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.
Robertson Davies
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It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.
William Cobbett
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Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself.
Philip Larkin
60% of people like this quote
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
Duke of Wellington
58% of people like this quote
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