Definitions HQ

Misery (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠extorted a complaint from nearly every author in the library, except those who write on chemistry or botany.

Misery (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠human life is so great that it reconciles even contradictions: we complain at once of the shortness of life and of its vanity and sorrow.

Misery (n.) raises ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the question why there is any at all: not by chance; from God's intention? but he is benevolent; against it? but he is almighty.

Misery (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠man's birthright is a poor consolation: a man may very reasonably lament that he should be born to be miserable — the consolation offers a hundred ills for one.

Misery (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠pride keep separate accounts: the proudest are not always the happiest, and the most real and solid evils of life may be those that do nothing to diminish pride.