Tormented Quotes

130 quotes by 114 authors

Cruel irony, the poor man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case. — Albert Camus
A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into… — Penelope Fitzgerald
How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears? Man has been… — Baron d'Holbach
Governor Christie's decision today violates the individual drive of men and women who no longer want to be tormented by unwanted homosexual desires. They are… — Maggie Gallagher
In [man's] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild… — Hope Mirrlees
I know of two tragic histories in the world - that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented — Roger Casement
The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the natives...… — Susan Orlean
Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it? — Gao Xingjian
There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his… — Aesop
The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene… — Winston Churchill
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill… — Charles Caleb Colton
We may have much that worries us, and we may find many reasons to be concerned. Yet, as President Spencer W. Kimball observed, peace and… — Cecil O. Samuelson
To minds tormented by the divine thirst, it is useless to offer the most certain knowledge of the laws of numbers and the arrangement of… — Etienne Gilson
What a compelling motive we have for prayer, for preaching, for soul winning when we learn that every responsible human being who leaves this world… — John R. Rice
Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia Highsmith into a… — Elif Batuman
This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of… — Albert Claude
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. — Elie Wiesel
The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul. — Spencer W. Kimball
No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more… — William Borah
Well do I remember that dark hot little office in the hospital at Begumpett, with the necessary gleam of light coming in from under the… — Ronald Ross

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