Affliction Quote by John Donne

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. No man hath affliction enough that is not matured and ripened by…

— John Donne

Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education…

— Samuel Johnson

Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.

— Thomas a Kempis

I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As…

— Mark Twain

Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified

— Margaret Mary Alacoque

“At the root of capitalism poverty one always finds unemployment and underemployment what Mark called the industrial reserve army which directly deprive their victims…

— SWEEZY Paul M. BARAN Paul A

The boom squanders through malinvestment scarce factors of production and reduces the stock available through overconsumption; its alleged blessings are paid for by impoverishment.

— Ludwig von Mises

'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and…

— Jerry Saltz

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find…

— Zig Ziglar

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely…

— John McCrae

I like great directors who are scarce. Prolific ones are nice too but for me, there's something about the scarcity that makes it all…

— Adam Brody

The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one…

— Laurence Sterne