William Butler Yeats Quotes

It is the lot of man to suffer.

What a terrible thing life can be.

All life is a struggle in the dark.

Misery is the River of the World

It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was talking about the pain, not about the living or dying. How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering?

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

It is human misery and not pleasure which contains the secret of the divine wisdom.

As long as one suffers one lives.

Anyone can relate to suffering in this world.

Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free.

Life packed a clever one-two punch: cruelty and absurdity.

Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all.

Life is an irritation.

There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.

I wondered why life had to suck so hard sometimes.

I've seen the hell these people go through.

It's not been a pleasant life.

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

The nature of the game is pain.

Walking through this life really is walking through fire.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

No one is immune to the trials and tribulations of life.

Life is really hard for some people.

Human life is too difficult for people.

Life is difficult for everyone; everyone has bad days. Everyone has trouble in their life, because it doesn't matter how rich you are: Sickness and trouble and worry and love, these things will mess with you at every level of life.