Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

Not for the first time I find our lives are a shadow, and I am not afraid to say that people who think they have everything figured out and are masters of logic - they are responsible for the greatest folly. No human being is happy. Strike it rich and you are luckier than your neighbor - but happy, never.

Where there are two, one cannot be wretched, and one not

I've been luckier than most here.

Cowards do not count in battle; they are there but not in it