Vex Quotes

44 quotes by 35 authors

Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a… — Edmund Burke
A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and… — James Madison
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words. — Edmund Burke
Not so in haste, my heart! Have faith in God and wait; Although he linger long, He never comes too late. He never comes too… — Bradford Torrey
It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so… — John Wilkins
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment. — Lucretius
What vexes me most is, that my female friends, who could bear me very well a dozen years ago, have now forsaken me, although I… — Jonathan Swift
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen… — Marcus Aurelius
Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of my life. Sacred… — Robert Fulghum
Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold… — George Crabbe
Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it, I shall drink,… — Martin Luther
Beloved, have you ever thought that someday you will not have anything to try you, or anyone to vex you again? There will be no… — A B Simpson
If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a… — Seneca the Younger
It is always our inabilities that vex us. — Joseph Joubert
Nevertheless if any skillful Servant of Nature shall bring force to bear on matter, and shall vex it and drive it to extremities as if… — Francis Bacon
It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it. — Marcus Aurelius
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and… — Galileo Galilei
The rain set early in tonight, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, And did its best to vex… — Robert Browning

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