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Quotations about misery

Marcus Tullius CiceroFriendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.

 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Tags:   friendship  grief  happiness  joy  misery  

Woody AllenLife is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

 - Woody Allen

Tags:   life  misery  suffering  

David HumeDelicacy of taste has the same effect as delicacy of passion; it enlarges the sphere both of our happiness and our misery.

 - David Hume

Tags:   happiness  misery  passion  taste  

Marcus Tullius CiceroAs I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Tags:   age  death  despair  misery