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Misery Quotes - Page 11

But O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

John Milton (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators. To which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton”, p.369

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

JOHN FOWLES (1969). “THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN”

The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.

The Truman Doctrine, delivered 12 March 1947 before a Joint Session of Congress

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Do nothing in a depressed mood, nor as one afflicted, nor as thinking that you are in misery, for no one compels you to that.

Epictetus (1877). “The Discourses of Epictetus: With the Encheiridion and Fragments”, p.75

You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.

"For Elvis Costello, eclectic taste and self-reinvention started at home". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. November 2, 2015.

They have no idea what a bottomless pit of misery I am.

Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.56, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself.

Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.248, A&C Black