"The worst of it is that I..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books away from me. It's perfectly awful to let the mind grind itself away between the upper and nether millstones of regret and remorse without respite; with books my life would be livable -- any life.
More by Oscar Wilde
More on Suffering
“Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.”
“It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.”
“In order to develop the willpower it takes to sacrifice, you must first realize that spending all your time and energy pursuing material comforts means you will eventually suffer. It's all about positive and negative consequences. It's very important to be aware that there are long-term consequences [for every action].”
More on Punishment
“Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.”
“A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurence of crime.”
“In the U.S.S.R. anti-semitism is punishable with the utmost severity of the law as a phenomenon deeply hostile to the Soviet system. Under U.S.S.R. law active anti-semites are liable to the death penalty.”