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Definition of Wretchedness
Wretchedness

The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.

A wretched object; anything despicably.

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Wretchedness Quotations

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.
Thomas Carlyle

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him.
Simone Weil

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.
Rebecca H. Davis

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
Dante Alighieri

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.
Logan P. Smith

Wretchedness Translations

wretchedness in German is Elend
wretchedness in Italian is miserabile
wretchedness in Spanish is cuitado

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