“As I, my real self, grew older, I entered more and more into the substance of my dreams. One may dream, and… — Jack London 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
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
It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Any other vexations to report?" he asks. "I love the word 'vexations.'" "It's the 'x.' Nice to jump off a 'v' and… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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
We are developing new types of destitutes-the automobileless, the yachtless, the Newportcottageless. The subtlest luxuries of today reaches very high in the… — Walter Weyl Copy Share Image
Other passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition,… — Michel de Montaigne 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
“I write - poignantly, in the most heartfelt way - about how I miss her and how I detest my life in… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
The disappointments of life can never, any more than its pleasures, be estimated singly; and the healthiest and most agreeable of men… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
There is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury...but envy can gain nothing but vexation. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Of one thing we may be sure, we can never escape the external stimuli that cause vexation. The world is full of… — A.W. Tozer 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
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
Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other. — Honore de Balzac 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
My friends are much more dangerous than my enemies. These latter - with infinite subtlety - spin webs to keep me out… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Labor is rest--from the sorrow that greet us; Rest from all petty vexations that meet us, Rest from sin-promptings that ever entreat… — Frances Sargent Osgood 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
