Vexation Quotes

46 quotes by 39 authors

All thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test; here, afore heaven, I ratify this my rich… — William Shakespeare
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If… — Sun Tzu
So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free from those vexations… — Richard Henry Lee
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and… — Isaac D'Israeli
What is essential to practice the Tao is to get rid of cravings and vexations. If these afflictions are not removed, it is impossible to… — Zhang Sanfeng
I need not print a line, nor conjure with the painter's tools to prove myself an artist ... Whilst in other spheres of labor the… — J. D. Sedding
None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded by the most… — Samuel Johnson
I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert
If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his… — Benjamin Franklin
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
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other. — Honore de Balzac
There is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury...but envy can gain nothing but vexation. — Michel de Montaigne
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated. — Samuel Johnson
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Labor is rest from the sorrows that greet us; from all the petty vexations that meet us; from the sin-promptings that assail us; from the… — Frances Sargent Osgood
Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with officers, and opening… — Thomas Jefferson
Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But… — Laozi
The family is an early expedient and in many ways irrational. If the race had developed a special sexless class to be nurses, pedagogues, and… — George Santayana
The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large and free ideas:… — Lucy Larcom

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