Vexations Quotes
19 quotes by 18 authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us.
— Jean le Rond d'Alembert
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A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other.
— Honore de Balzac
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
— Samuel Johnson
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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
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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
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Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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
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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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Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations…
— Rachel Carson
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Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
— Max Ehrmann
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Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Any other vexations to report?" he asks. "I love the word 'vexations.'" "It's the 'x.' Nice to jump off a 'v' and bite into an…
— Michael Cunningham
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It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and to…
— Jane Austen
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When I am angry I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who Wrote These Vexations Quotes
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