Art Quote by Seneca the Younger

“How heavy do I journey on the way, When what I seek, my weary travel's end, Doth teach that ease and that repose to…

— William Shakespeare

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,…

— William Shakespeare

“Thou are boot for many a bruise, And healest many a wound; In our Lady's blessed name, I take thee from the ground.”

— Sir Walter Scott

“let not thy sword skip one: Pity not honour'd age for his white beard; He is an usurer: strike me the counterfeit matron; It…

— William Shakespeare

“I wanted to be weak that I might avoid the awful passage of further suffering I saw laid out for me; and conscience, turned…

— Charlotte Brontë

“What makes my bed seem hard seeing it is soft? Or why slips downe the Coverlet so oft? Although the nights be long, I…

— Christopher Marlowe

“Had it pleased heaven To try me with affliction; had they rain'd All kinds of sores and shames on my bare head. Steep'd me…

— William Shakespeare

“The Author To Her Book Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth did'st by my side remain, Till snatcht from thence…

— Anne Bradstreet

Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil; And…

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

“At the least, bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully. And although thou be very unwilling to hear it, and feel indignation, yet check…

— Thomas à Kempis

“I mourned, hands clenched, before that mound. For the piercing cold of grief had caught Me in the doleful dread and bound My heart,…

— Anonymous

Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.

— Francis Quarles