It is a kind of happiness to know just how unhappy we could be.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy

The best of us can find happiness in misery.

C’est une espèce de bonheur, de connaître jusqu’à quel point on doit être malheureux.

A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others.

On se console souvent d’être malheureux par un certain plaisir qu’on trouve à le paraître.

Sadness is just happiness in reverse. We humans have to put up with it. Just being human is an awful burden to bear.

I now know that some people feel unhappiness the way others love: privately, intensely, and without recourse.

the art of happiness is also the art of suffering well.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

She must be unhappy too. Unhappy people are sensitive to the unhappiness of others.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery