Dejection Quotes

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Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania; it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial dejection which thirsts… — Rabindranath Tagore
Infidelity is one of those coinages,-a mass of base money that won't pass current with any heart that loves truly, or any head that thinks… — Thomas Chalmers
PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility. — Ambrose Bierce
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor;… — John of Damascus
ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind… — Ambrose Bierce
RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue. — Ambrose Bierce
Pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. And let not the sin of men confound you in your… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low. — William Wordsworth
pleasure, n. The least hateful form of dejection. — Ambrose Bierce
Every man may be observed to have a certain strain of lamentation, some peculiar theme of complaint on which he dwells in his moments of… — Samuel Johnson
Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take… — William Cowper
The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you… — Gustave Flaubert
The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she… — Leo Tolstoy
Meanwhile spring arrived. My old dejection passed away and gave place to the unrest which spring brings with it, full of dreams and vague hopes… — Leo Tolstoy
When you look into the faces of these quiet creatures who don't know how to tell stories--who are mute, who can't make themselves heard, who… — Orhan Pamuk
So, using his pride like a shield against despair, dejection, and-most importantâ€” self-pity, Raoden raised his head to stare damnation in the eyes. — Brandon Sanderson
Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to… — Samuel Johnson
ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind… — Ambrose Bierce
Life can not be complete if you don't encounter problems, rejection and dejection. — Frank Matobo
Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to… — Samuel Johnson

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