For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

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

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

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 amuse him.

Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

As a matter of policy, increasing taxes on the most economically productive group, which already generates 60 percent of the nation's federal revenues, during a sustained period of economic doldrums is a wretched idea.

Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.

Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

I don't think of depression as contagious. Other depressed people challenge the idea - which can be very persistent and irritating - that there is something odd about you: that you are unique with regard to this wretched state.

This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.

It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.

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.

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.

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