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.
Blaise Pascal

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
John McCain

We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
Jupiter Hammon

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
Tacitus

What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession.
Georges Bizet

What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them.
Augusto Roa Bastos

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.
Samuel Hoffenstein