Ill Quotes
2328 Ill quotes by 1379 unique authors
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If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all…
— Epictetus
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Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger…
— Robert Greene
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Every hardship is like being in prison. People feel imprisoned by ill-health, marital discord, financial insecurity, family disputes and other problems. To anyone who feels…
— Babar Ahmad
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If you follow the course of one man through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get some…
— Cennino Cennini
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Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.
— J L Austin
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I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy…
— Nigella Lawson
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Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.
— Samuel Richardson
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Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Lower case Ss are notoriously difficult to get right. But in Helvetica it's not straight - you want to go in there and tighten it…
— Bruno Maag
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The planet is ill, everyone knows that. But I need to be optimistic, otherwise I would just be adding to the negativity. So every night…
— Alejandro Jodorowsky
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If a man is rich and strong anywhere, it must be on his native soil. Here I have been these forty years learning the language…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.
— George Best
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I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand…
— Harriet Martineau
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I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I…
— Anne Perry
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If it was in my control, Id still be wearing a Red Sox uniform, because its the place I know, I love. All of those…
— Nomar Garciaparra
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I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat…
— Frederick The Great
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Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory…
— Laozi
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Not ill? No truly, I am young, healthful, and strong; the blood flows freely in my veins; my limbs obey my will; I am robust…
— Victor Hugo
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Just as any moron can destroy a priceless Ming vase, so the shallow and ill-educated people who run our schools can undermine and destroy from…
— Thomas Sowell
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If you are feeling tired or ill, rest. Your body will always want rest and ease if it's sick. When you become quiet, ask your…
— Shakti Gawain
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
— Benjamin Whichcote
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I believe I have demonstrated that the voters are characteristically ill-informed when voting on reducing social costs. Furthermore, their primary concern is with wealth transferred…
— Gordon Tullock
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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
— Horace
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And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil.
— Horace
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To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.
— Wilfred Bion
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