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Unhappiness: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Graviora quæ patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quæ metuant. Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.— LIVY — Annales. III. 39.

Ego esse miserum credo, cui placet nemo. I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.— MARTIAL — Epigrammata. V. 28. 9.

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial.— OVID — Amorum. III. 11. 7.

Miserias properant suas Audire miseri. The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.— SENECA — Hercules Etæus. 754.