Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontem—Between bridge and stream the Lord's mercy may be found. St. Augustine.

Miseros prudentia prima relinquit—Prudence is the first thing to forsake the wretched. Ovid.

Miserrima est fortuna quæ inimico caret—Most wretched is the lot of him who has not an enemy. Pub. Syr.

Miserum est aliorum incumbere famæ / Ne 30 collapsa ruant subductis tecta columnis—It is a wretched thing to lean for support on the reputation of others, lest the roof should fall in ruins when the pillars are withdrawn. Juv.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. Tempest, ii. 2.

Misery and ruin to thousands are in the blast that announces the destructive demon (war). Burns.

Misery doth part / The flux of company. As You Like It, ii. 1.

Misery is like love; to speak its language truly, the author must have felt it. Burns.

Misery is trodden down by many, / And, being 35 low, never relieved by any. Shakespeare.

Misery that I miss is a new mercy. Isaac Walton.