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Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
Man’s unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the finite.
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and out expectations.
Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day’s out and the labour done.
In deep sadness there is no sentimentality.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions.
He’s simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.
It is better not to be than to be unhappy.
They who have never known prosperity can hardly be said to be unhappy; it is from the remembrances of joys we have lost, that the arrows of affliction are pointed.
We degrade life by our follies and vices, and then complain that the unhappiness which is only their accompaniment is inherent in the constitution of things.
The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.
A perverse temper, and a discontented, fretful disposition, wherever they prevail, render any state of life unhappy.
Man’s unhappiness comes of his greatness; it is because there is an infinite in him, which, with all his cunning, he cannot quite bury under the finite.
If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it.
In this world of resemblances, we are content with personating happiness; to feel it is in art beyond us.
Oh, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes!.
As the ivy twines around the oak, so do misery and misfortune encompass the happiness of man. Felicity, pure and unalloyed, is not a plant of earthly growth; her gardens are the skies.
Hardly a man, whatever his circumstances and situation, but if you get his confidence, will tell you that he is not happy. It is however certain that all men are not unhappy in the same degree, though be these accounts we might almost be tempted to think so. Is not this to be accounted for, by supposing that all men measure the happiness they possess by the happiness they desire, or think they deserve?
What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but as constantly believed; that cheats us with the sound instead of the substance, and with the blossom instead of the fruit.
Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot ofo ne of his creatures in the world; but the he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it is what I have steadfastly believed.
We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate success are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.
Don Herold (1889-1966) American humorist, writer, artist.
Man’s unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the finite.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish writer.
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and out expectations.
Edward de Bono (b.1933) British writer.
Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day’s out and the labour done.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English Poet.
In deep sadness there is no sentimentality.
William S.Burroughs (b.1914) American author.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions.
He’s simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.
Saki (H.H.munro) (1870-1916) Scottish author.
It is better not to be than to be unhappy.
Drydon.
They who have never known prosperity can hardly be said to be unhappy; it is from the remembrances of joys we have lost, that the arrows of affliction are pointed.
Mackenzie.
We degrade life by our follies and vices, and then complain that the unhappiness which is only their accompaniment is inherent in the constitution of things.
Bovee.
The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.
Hume.
A perverse temper, and a discontented, fretful disposition, wherever they prevail, render any state of life unhappy.
Cicero.
Man’s unhappiness comes of his greatness; it is because there is an infinite in him, which, with all his cunning, he cannot quite bury under the finite.
Carlyle.
If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it.
Fitche.
In this world of resemblances, we are content with personating happiness; to feel it is in art beyond us.
Mackenzie.
Oh, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes!.
Shakespeare.
As the ivy twines around the oak, so do misery and misfortune encompass the happiness of man. Felicity, pure and unalloyed, is not a plant of earthly growth; her gardens are the skies.
Burton.
Hardly a man, whatever his circumstances and situation, but if you get his confidence, will tell you that he is not happy. It is however certain that all men are not unhappy in the same degree, though be these accounts we might almost be tempted to think so. Is not this to be accounted for, by supposing that all men measure the happiness they possess by the happiness they desire, or think they deserve?
Greville.
What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but as constantly believed; that cheats us with the sound instead of the substance, and with the blossom instead of the fruit.
Colton.
Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot ofo ne of his creatures in the world; but the he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it is what I have steadfastly believed.
Jefferson.
We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate success are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.
Corneille.
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