Miser quotes and words of wisdom

"A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness."
Ralph Waldo Emerson


"A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer."
Joseph Addison


"CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain."
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce


"I beheld the wretch?the miserable monster whom I had created."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley


"I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end."
Dr. Albert Schweitzer


"Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so."
Jacopo Sannazaro


"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
Unknown


"The miserable hath no other medicine but only hope."
William Shakespeare


"There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand."
Dante Alighieri


Interesting Quotes

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.Bill Cosby - US comedian & television actor (1937 - )

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.Mark Russell - US comedian, political commentator, & satirist (1932 - )