Miserabilis Quotes & Sayings

Why shine, when there's nothing to shine on? — Kevin Brooks

He (Tesla) was 84, and he died in a hotel, completely broke and alone. In love with a pigeon. This is a nightmare. I'm in hell. This is hell. I'm talking about Tesla in my puke. Tesla was the electric Jesus. I can't breathe. — Duncan Trussell

You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated. — Nelson Mandela

Happiness is something that you cannot see. It is naturally felt. When you feel it, you wouldn't wanna let go of it. It makes you smile. It keeps you going. It gives you the energy that nothing and nobody can give. Ig pushes to do things that renders positive vibe inside.
Happiness is felt in the most unexpected time and place. It's a natural phenomenon. — Nio Noveno

There is a dilemma, to reconcile three time scales: in the short term, the economy; in the middle range, global well - being generally; and, in the long range, the environment. — Matthieu Ricard

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Anastasia reached the attic stairs, slowed down, and listened. She knew that the first step to asking about secrets is seeing how much you can find out by sneaking. — N.D. Wilson

I'm having a great life, and I want to go on having one. — Marianne Faithfull

I looked at the titles on the bookshelf and found a book on Greek mythology next to a book of poetry, which was flanked by a book on German philosophy. "How are these organized?"
"They're not."
I turned to him. "How do you find anything? There must be thousands of books here."
"I like the search. It's like visiting old friends. — Julianne Donaldson

If I had seven lives, I'd be a photographer in every one. — Shomei Tomatsu

no one could ever put a splint on a frog's leg — Jose Saramago

There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within
not without. It is each man's own affair. — H.G.Wells

To enjoy in tragedy that which one would not willingly suffer in reality is "miserable madness" (miserabilis insania). — Leland Ryken

There can only be two basic loves ... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God. — Augustine Of Hippo

I glance at my boots. They are big and clumsy, the breeches are tucked into them, and standing up one looks well-built and powerful in these great drainpipes. But when we go bathing and strip, suddenly we have slender legs again and slight shoulders. We are no longer soldiers but little more than boys; no one would believe that we could carry packs. — Erich Maria Remarque