785 Quotes About Misery

Darkness prevails only in the absence of light. Light a candle and the darkness disappears.

In the airport, luggage-laden people rush hither and yon through endless corridors, like souls to each of whom the devil has furnished a different, inaccurate map of the escape route from hell. These rushing people are watched by people who sit in plastic seats bolted to the floor and who might just as well be bolted to the seats. So far, then, the airport and the airplane are equal, in the way that the bottom of one septic tank is equal, all in all, to the bottom of the next septic tank.

They say that a time comes when men laugh at misery through long acquaintance with it.

Mercy made a man to rise above his misery.

nic nas nie koi równie łatwo jak świadomość innych niż nasze dramatów, które nam zostały oszczędzone

I endured misery for the sake of appearances.

Gods must have had their reasons when they unleashed locusts on this earth; locusts, that in their happy numbers, infest a place and leave behind a trail of death and misery.

¡Miseria humana! A todo se acostumbra uno.

Just so sad you could shut the world out and cry and cry til all that's left of you is a pile of clothes on the floor.