Robert Greene Quotes

The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?

I am talking about misery and all of its implications.

Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.

It's very hard to be happy when you've lost.

Want is misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of the earth is multiform.

Life is absolutely horrific, leading up to absolute horror.

Most of us have days or weeks or months so awful, we wish we'd never been born.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

One thing the blues ain't, is funny.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

Misery is a match that never goes out.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.

We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?