"The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties,……" — Thomas Paine

More Afflicted Quotes

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• It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. — Aeschylus
• No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never… — Victor Hugo
• The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition… — Robert Green Ingersoll
• The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to… — Osbert Sitwell
• Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to… — Tryon Edwards
• The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets… — Simone Weil
• The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.… — Sun Tzu
• And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend. — John Milton
• Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees… — Joseph Hall
• No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits… — Saint John Chrysostom
• I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have… — Julian of Norwich
• Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you… — Maxim Gorky

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