Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.
Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.
Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.
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.
You gotta understand, there are two different kinds of Asians - the kind who are good at school, obey their parents, go to college - that kind of stuff. And then you have my family - me, my brother, all of my cousins - we're just wretched people.
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is.
Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out.
