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O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about man

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about greatness, man

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about character, mind, being, things, man

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

Quote by Aeschylus about death, life

Thirty wretched years were nothing but darkness and pain, and I had the urge to commit suicide and be done with it all.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about pain, nothing

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about duty, good, good luck

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to...

Quote by Blaise Pascal about things, man

What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession.

Quote by Georges Bizet about music, art, magic