Top Wretch Quotes

Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive.

The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, from whence he sprung,Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.

Wretch Definition

(v. t.) A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

(v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.

Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, po...