"I have been much afflicted again lately by……" — Elizabeth von Arnim
"I have been much afflicted again lately by visitors . . . and they gave me to understand that if they had had the arranging of the garden it would have been finished long ago - whereas I don't believe a garden is ever finished. They have all gone now, thank heaven."
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Elizabeth von Arnim
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25 Quotes by Elizabeth von Arnim
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If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another; strike out for yourself;…
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Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.
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Well, I for one am unable to imagine how anybody who lives with an intelligent and devoted dog can every…
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The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in all its forms.
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And the summer seems as though it would dream on for ever.
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She made him think of his mother, of his nurse, of all things kind and comforting, besides having the attraction…
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Life is an admirable arrangement, isn't it, little mother. It is so clever of it to have June in every…
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For I'm afraid of loneliness; shiveringly, terribly afraid. I don't mean the ordinary physical loneliness, for here I am, deliberately…
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Home is the best place when life begins to wobble.
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Impossible for anyone to conceive the torments of his nights in bed with his beloved one and estranged from her.…
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I would recommend to those persons who are inclined to stagnate, whose blood is beginning to thicken sluggishly in their…
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If one believed in angels one would feel that they must love us best when we are asleep and cannot…
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More Afflicted Quotes
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
— Aeschylus
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never…
— Victor Hugo
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The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to…
— Osbert Sitwell
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
— Tryon Edwards
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The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets…
— Simone Weil
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.…
— Sun Tzu
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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
— John Milton
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Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees…
— Joseph Hall
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have…
— Julian of Norwich
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you…
— Maxim Gorky
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