Quote by Claudius

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everythin

Summary

This quote suggests that the most wretched individual is someone who desires or wishes for everything, yet lacks the ability or power to achieve any of it. It highlights the profound discontent and suffering experienced by those who have ambitions, dreams, or aspirations but are unable to fulfill them. Their overwhelming helplessness and inability to make their dreams a reality contribute to their overall misery.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lo

It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lot. Before that I'd never even thought about killing myself.

Humor Funny Love

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.

Science Game Games

If I go on dates, my mom is always with me. She's always the

If I go on dates, my mom is always with me. She's always there making sure I'm all right. Like if I go to see a movie with a boy, she'll go to dinner next door.

I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a

I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself making perfect runs with emphasis on technique, all the way through to what my personal best is in practice.... The more you work with this type of visualization, especially when you do it on a day-to-day basis, you'll actually begin to feel your muscles contracting at the appropriate times.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they

Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.

I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway st

I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to the University, carrying sandwiches for my lunch and returning in the evening the same way.

Do not look too far for you will see nothing.

Do not look too far for you will see nothing.

Dejan Stojanovic

Poetry Books Philosophy Quotes Poets Literature Nothing Literature Quotes Seeing See Poetry Quotes Dejan Stojanovic

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an is

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

Francesca Annis

$Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicate$

Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.

I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look

I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look at each other beadily and inquisitively, and something goes on in their thoughts which must be equivalent to the way dogs and other animals, when they meet, sniff each other's arses and nuzzle each other's fur.

I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the wor

I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.

Hillary Clinton