Darkly Comical Quotes

A crowd of troubles passed him by
As he with courage waited;
He said, “Where do you troubles fly
When you are thus belated?”
“We go,” they say, “to those who mope,
Who look on life dejected,
Who meekly say ‘good-bye’ to hope,
We go where we’re expected.”
- Francis J. Allison

Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not. – E.R. Beadle

Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. – Goethe

If thou are a master, sometimes be blind; if a servant, sometimes be deaf. – Fuller

The dole is utterly demoralizing; its chief effect is to turn the unemployed into the unemployable. – Dean Ing

Sometimes the best gain is to lose. Herbert

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self. – Aristotle

I pity that man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth shall starve in the process. – Benjamin Harrison