#miser

The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable. ↗

— Theodore Parker

#body #brother #creep #death #estate

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#just #know #meant #misery #show

One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#because #does #kill #love #misery

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. ↗

— Francis Picabia

#each #maybe #men #misery #only

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in. ↗

— Sarah Polley

#attempt #believing #change #change the world #choose

The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt. ↗

— Gail Porter

#feeding #felt #i #inadequate #miserable

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. ↗

— Quintilian

#form #idea #misery #prosperous #right

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full. ↗

— Boyle Roche

#centuries #cup #full #half #half full

Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time. ↗