#wretched

I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands. ↗

The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is. ↗

— Ivor Novello

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For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night. ↗

— Sophocles

#faring #just #just one #like #more

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

#application #clever #consider #constant #hell

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#man #sum #sum total #total #wretchedness

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched. ↗

— Virgil

#better #now #perhaps #times #us

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#grow up #hands #life #muddled #must

We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven. ↗