"I have known no man of genius who……" — Max Beerbohm
"I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him."
More Affliction Quotes
- The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
- The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. — Abu Bakr
- Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested… — James A. Baldwin
- As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
- Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
- God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into… — Richard Cecil
- No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never… — Victor Hugo
- What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when… — Unknown Author
- A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of… — John Climacus
- Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to… — Tryon Edwards
- In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. — John Bunyan
- When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne