...MISER. 'He has not learnt to be a miser,' v. 316. MISERY. 'It would be misery to no purpose,' ii. 94; 'Where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it,' iv. 31. MISFORTUNES. 'If a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable...

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...them." — Charles Caleb Colton "If a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing...there never is any recourse to the mention of it." — Dr. Samuel Johnson "Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed...

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...(Boswell, Lifeof Johnson : 1755)k . if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing...there never is any recourse to the mention of it. DR. JOHNsoN (17o9-84). If anything lucky happens to you, don't fall to go and tell it to your friends...