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Distress Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the…
- Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have…
- Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm…
- A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption.
- People in distress never think that you feel enough.
- We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.
- Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than…
- Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to…
More Distress Quotes
- My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to… — Brigitte Bardot
- All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor… — John Adams
- Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest… — William Blake
- Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. — Edmund Burke
- Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
- Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but… — Spencer W. Kimball
- The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. — Confucius
- Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute… — Sun Tzu
- If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a… — Dalai Lama
- Suave molecules of Mocha stir up your blood, without causing excess heat; the organ of thought receives from it a feeling of… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
- When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress… — Sun Tzu