Lightened Quotes

33 quotes by 30 authors

There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another… — O. Henry
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder. — George Bernard Shaw
If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the taxes of women… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
That blessed mood in which the burthen of the mystery, in which the heavy and the weary weight of all this unintelligible world is lightened. — William Wordsworth
Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is blackened in its… — Raoul Dufy
As we renew and honor our covenants, our burdens can be lightened and we can continually become purified and strengthened. — Linda S. Reeves
Life is a series of diminishments. Each cessation of an activity either from choice or some other variety of infirmity is a death, a putting… — Coleman Dowell
The passage into mystery always refreshes. If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies.… — Lewis Hyde
When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that… — Julia Ward Howe
If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened! — James Van Praagh
We can bear the heavy load without asking to have it lightened. We can keep the sorrow now and endure it. We can go on… — J.R. Miller
I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot. — Kirsten Dunst
In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened. — Pierre Corneille
However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height… — Jules Verne
There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past. — Indira Gandhi
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. — John Stuart Mill
The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself. — Rabindranath Tagore
Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints… — Louisa May Alcott
Mortal beauty often makes me ache, and mortal grandeur can fill me with that longing...but Paris, Paris drew me close to her heart, so I… — Anne Rice
ÊºWhere is it?Êº I asked. ÊºLexington, Kentucky.Êº ÊºOh for GodÊ¹s sake,Êº I moaned. ÊºWhy not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?Êº Dimitri tried to hide… — Richelle Mead

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