Avoid Quote by Julie Berry

“As I, my real self, grew older, I entered more and more into the substance of my dreams. One may dream, and even in…

— Jack London

There is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury...but envy can gain nothing but vexation.

— Michel de Montaigne

The disappointments of life can never, any more than its pleasures, be estimated singly; and the healthiest and most agreeable of men is exposed…

— George Eliot

“I write - poignantly, in the most heartfelt way - about how I miss her and how I detest my life in this school…

— William Boyd

it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

— Jane Austen

Other passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition, pleasure in…

— Michel de Montaigne

We are developing new types of destitutes-the automobileless, the yachtless, the Newportcottageless. The subtlest luxuries of today reaches very high in the social scale...…

— Walter Weyl

There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all is well,…

— Henry Thomas Hamblin

As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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…

— Michael Cunningham

It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and…

— Jane Austen

“vexation, yet filled with unconscious regret for the terrible unknown things that might have, but had not, happened (23)”

— Émile Zola