Distress Quote by Lucretius Download Open image “It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.” — Lucretius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Distress Land Pleasant Running Sea Views
It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's tribulation: not because any man's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A person should go out on the water on a fine day to a small distance from a beautiful coast, if he would see… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It’s one of the things I love about the sea, the way you can see weather afar. It’s like looking at the future. — Carol Birch Copy Share Image
Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
The depth of the ocean is calm, but on the surface, there are always waves. If you dive deep in your life, your life… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
When you are a young person, you are like a young creek, and you meet many rocks, many obstacles and difficulties on your way. You hurry to get past these obstacles and get to the ocean. But as the creek moves down through the fields, it becomes larges and calmer and it can enjoy the reflection of the sky. It's… — Anonymous Copy Share
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
First, then, I say, that the mind, which we often call the intellect, in which is placed the conduct and government of life, is… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
See with what force yon river's crystal stream Resists the weight of many a massy beam. To sink the wood the more we vainly… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“...nothing is more blissful than to occupy the heights effectively fortified by the teaching of the wise, tranquil sanctuaries from which you can look… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
... deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know them and name them.… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
That toil of growing up; The ignominy of boyhood; the distress Of boyhood changing into man; The unfinished man and his pain. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
To pray is to open the door unto Jesus and admit Him into your distress. Your helplessness is the very thing which opens wide… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Soothing touch, whether it be applied to a ruffled cat, a crying infant, or a frightened child, has a universally recognized power to ameliorate… — Deane Juhan Copy Share Image
Want to talk third wave feminism, you could cite Ariel Levy and the idea that women have internalized male oppression. Going to spring break… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
It was right then and there that she'd realized there was no quota on misery for people, no quantifiable threshold that once reached, got… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you. — CJ Roberts Copy Share Image
“Ivy waved the wet handkerchief, as much as to say, words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on… — Denis Kearney Copy Share Image
I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Patience will benefit you in every hour, every time and every opportunity. It helps you to overcome your opponent, howsoever strong he may be.… — Abd al-Karim Qasim Copy Share Image
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