Afflicted Quotes
156 quotes by 137 authors
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Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th'…
— Finley Peter Dunne
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I am something of a crank about sleep, for if I get seven and a quarter hours instead of eight I feel afflicted and drag…
— Saul Bellow
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[Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but bring them to the Word, and your duty will be quickly manifested. "Until I went into the…
— John Flavel
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We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can…
— Richard V. Allen
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A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of his history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he…
— Arthur Koestler
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The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.
— Gautama Buddha
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Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even…
— Gautama Buddha
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Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus…
— Teresa of Avila
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I have yet to hear anyone afflicted with the "gun control" disability dial 9-1-1 and specify, "Now please be sure to send the kind of…
— Vin Suprynowicz
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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.
— Charles Sumner
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Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism.
— Sextus Empiricus
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As for the demented, I hold it certain that all beings deprived of reason are thus afflicted only by the Devil.
— Martin Luther
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Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.
— Thomas Brooks
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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold,…
— J C Ryle
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Hansen’s diseaseâ€â€”that’s the other modern name, I guess, for leprosy—“Hansen’s disease was so rare in the America that in 40 years only 900 people were…
— Lou Dobbs
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted.
— Mary Rowlandson
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To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take responsibility for you…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
— Propertius
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I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique geniuses, and the…
— Scott Lynch
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