The grinding of the intellect is for most people as…

The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentist's drill.

— Leonard Woolf

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

— Helen Rowland

Some tortures are physical And some are mental, But the one that is both Is dental.

— Ogden Nash

An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is a gain.

— Richard Baxter

If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.

— Mason Cooley

A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.

— George D. Prentice

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

— George D. Prentice

I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate.

— Graham Greene

There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently

— William Shakespeare

My health plan doesn't cover dental, so I enrolled my teeth as 32 dependents, each needing a complete physical once a year.

— Robert Breault

Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.

— Miguel de Cervantes

[Whenever the average intellect of the clergy declines in the balance with the average intellect of the people] the churches will be shut up…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Disappointments are common to people, but they are painful when you encounter one.

— McDonald Coffee

Like most people, I have painful memories of trying to fit in as a child. I wore, said, and did pretty much what everyone…

— Steve Carell

People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're connected to the river you have…

— Eve Ensler