Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Cast out thy Jonah--every sleeping and secure sin that brings a tempest upon thy ship, vexation to thy spirit. — Frederic Reynolds Copy Share Image
It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“We degrade God too much, ascribing to him our ideas, in vexation at being unable to understand Him.” — Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
All thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test; here, afore heaven, I ratify… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of the as others do, I am always troubling my head… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
Let pessimism once take hold of the mind, and life is all topsy-turvy, all vanity and vexation of spirit. There is no… — Helen Keller 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
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
I need not print a line, nor conjure with the painter's tools to prove myself an artist ... Whilst in other spheres… — J. D. Sedding 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
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.… — Rachel Carson 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
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
“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
Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation; humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer; the other… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
When I am angry I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The nature of things betrays itself more readily under the vexations of art than in its natural freedom. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“vexation, yet filled with unconscious regret for the terrible unknown things that might have, but had not, happened (23)” — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Now for the hitch in Jane's character,' he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Like all passions, anger has degrees, ascending from slight vexation through deepening clouds to rage, and finally to fury, which is a… — James Vila Blake 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
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
For all-around, everyday, all-season wear, farmers can't be beat. They are inclined to chafe under the burden of leisure (a minor vexation… — Patricia Penton Leimbach Copy Share Image
“Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In recognizing that words have power to define and to compel, the semanticists are actually testifying to the philosophic quality of language… — Richard M. Weaver 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
Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions, without business, without diversion, without study. He then… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The family is an early expedient and in many ways irrational. If the race had developed a special sexless class to be… — George Santayana 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
To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
The man who is fond of complaining likes to remain amid the objects of his vexation. He will most strongly revolt against… — Francois Guizot Copy Share Image
Gloom and sadness are poison to us, and the origin of hysterics. You are right in thinking that this disease is in… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
There is nothing so insupportable to man as to be in entire repose, without passion, occupation, amusement, or application. Then it is… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
![“The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualities he is called upon to exhibit… [he] must leave behind him the cares and vexations of life, throw aside his personality for several hours, and move…” quote by Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/495/sarah-bernhardt-15072_acting_the-artist-s-personality-must-be-left-in_2414644.jpg)
