A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Act as if you don't know me, and i will make it seem as though you don't exist.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every loss which we incur leaves behind it vexation in the memory, save the greatest loss of all, that is, death, which… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Epicurus was in favour of friendly sex but not of grand passions or marriage and children, viewing them as sources of trouble… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“A little inhumanity does not describe you as heartless, rather, it is a way of telling others that you have a heart… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Labor is rest from the sorrows that greet us; from all the petty vexations that meet us; from the sin-promptings that assail… — Frances Sargent Osgood Copy Share Image
it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: "Well, who are the best people… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing.… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Vexation of spirit is a waste of time Negative thinking, don't you waste your thoughts Verbal conflict is a waste of word… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all… — Henry Thomas Hamblin Copy Share Image
However you must have sensed a lurking 'but' skulking beneath my happy, blithe, and chipper exterior. A minuscule vexation, like the teeniest… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties,… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Where was the use, originally, in rushing this whole globe through in six days? It is likely that if more time had… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
What is essential to practice the Tao is to get rid of cravings and vexations. If these afflictions are not removed, it… — Zhang Sanfeng Copy Share Image
None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty clothes of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“As we drew nearer we could see that the three men fishing seemed old and solemn-looking men. They sat on three chairs… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment. — Orville Dewey Copy Share Image
There is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury...but envy can gain nothing but vexation. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
