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Affliction Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.
- WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.
- CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he…
- Honorable, adj.: Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman…
More Affliction Quotes
- The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
- The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. — Abu Bakr
- Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a… — James A. Baldwin
- As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
- Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
- God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace… — Richard Cecil
- No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be… — Victor Hugo
- What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when you need… — Unknown Author