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Miserable Quotes - Page 4

Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable.

Stevie Smith (1988). “New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith”, p.45, New Directions Publishing

It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan (1812). “The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...”, p.169

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.21, Penguin

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

Thomas Traherne (2007). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.276, Cosimo, Inc.

Life is too short to be miserable.

Rita Mae Brown (1982). “Southern discomfort”, Harpercollins

But miserable most, to love unloved? This you should pity rather than despise

William Shakespeare (2015). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.60, Booklassic

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

"Carolyn Hax Live: With the usual apologies to wolves". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. February 5, 2016.

What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.

Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”

The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.

"Ricky Does 60 Minutes". "60 Minutes" with Mike Wallace, www.counterpunch.org. December 29, 2004.