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Definition of Misery
Misery

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

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Misery Quotations

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
Henry David Thoreau

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.
Anne Frank

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.
Henry David Thoreau

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
Martha Washington

Misery Translations

misery in Danish is elendighed
misery in Finnish is kurjuus
misery in German is Elend
misery in Italian is penuria, miserabile
misery in Spanish is miseria, cuitado, estrechez

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