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Distress Quotes

Misfortune, like a creditor severe, but rises in demand for her delay; she makes a scourge of past prosperity To sting thee more and double thy distress Picture Quote #1

Over all crowds there seems to float a vague distress, an atmosphere of pervasive melancholy, as if any large gathering of people creates an aura of terror and pity Picture Quote #1

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful Picture Quote #1

Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress Picture Quote #1

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation Picture Quote #1

The thorny point of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred and know some nurture Picture Quote #1

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Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched Picture Quote #1

Prayer, says St. Jerome, is a groan. Ah! Our groans are prayers as well. The very cry of distress is an involuntary appeal to that invisible Power whose aid the soul invokes Picture Quote #1

They ended every speech with the word hiro, which means: like I said. Thus each man took responsibility for intruding into the inarticulate murmur of the spheres. To hiro they added the word koue, a cry of joy or distress, according to whether it was sung or howled. Thus they essayed to piece the mysterious curtain which hangs between all talking men: at the end of every utterance a man stepped back, so to speak, and attempted to interpret his words to the listener, attempted to subvert the beguiling intellect with the noise of true emotion Picture Quote #1

My friend, I spy some pity in thy looks. O, if thine eye be not a flatterer, come thou on my side, and entreat for me as you would beg, were you in my distress. A begging prince what beggar pities not? Picture Quote #1

I wanted no confidante in my distress. I deserved none, and I wanted none. I had taken the burden upon myself; let me bear it alone Picture Quote #1

If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth Picture Quote #1

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Until a man can quit talking loudly to himself in order to shout down the memories of blunderings and gropings, he is in no shape for the painstaking examination of distress Picture Quote #1

In the hour of my distress, when temptations me oppress, and when I my sins confess, sweet spirit, comfort me Picture Quote #1

The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values Picture Quote #1

I want my boys to have an understanding of people’s emotions, their insecurities, people’s distress, and their hopes and dreams Picture Quote #1

If we want to make a statement about a man’s nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed Picture Quote #1

I don’t do damsel in distress very well. It’s hard for me to play a victim Picture Quote #1

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They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race Picture Quote #1

There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author’s own. But in my case that is as far as it goes Picture Quote #1

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress Picture Quote #1

Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man’s existence Picture Quote #1

The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress. The square, overpopulation, the bourgeois, the bomb and the cocktail party are variously identified as sources of the grudge. There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born Picture Quote #1

Can wealth give happiness? look around and see, what gay distress! what splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates and calls for more Picture Quote #1

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A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species Picture Quote #1

As her analyst had told her: the deeper buried the distress, the further into the body it went. The digestive system was about as far as it could go to hide Picture Quote #1

She was a stirrer of the pot, a lover of intrigue and distress, a creature who seemed to draw oxygen from the spectacle of people at each other’s throat, everybody in a state of upset and talking about her Picture Quote #1

... as your father, my instinct is to protect you... Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself Picture Quote #1

Depend upon it; from every condition of distress or evil, there is a great reaction, and the greater the distress or evil, the greater the reaction Picture Quote #1

A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of innocence; since the heart that is able to partake of the distress of another, cannot wilfully give it Picture Quote #1

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Misfortune, like a creditor severe, but rises in demand for her delay; she makes a scourge of past prosperity To sting thee more and double thy distress (Distress Quotes) Over all crowds there seems to float a vague distress, an atmosphere of pervasive melancholy, as if any large gathering of people creates an aura of terror and pity (Distress Quotes) I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful (Distress Quotes) Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress (Distress Quotes) All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation (Distress Quotes) The thorny point of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred and know some nurture (Distress Quotes) Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched (Distress Quotes) Prayer, says St. Jerome, is a groan. Ah! Our groans are prayers as well. The very cry of distress is an involuntary appeal to that invisible Power whose aid the soul invokes (Distress Quotes) They ended every speech with the word hiro, which means: like I said. Thus each man took responsibility for intruding into the inarticulate murmur of the spheres. To hiro they added the word koue, a cry of joy or distress, according to whether it was sung or howled. Thus they essayed to piece the mysterious curtain which hangs between all talking men: at the end of every utterance a man stepped back, so to speak, and attempted to interpret his words to the listener, attempted to subvert the beguiling intellect with the noise of true emotion (Distress Quotes) My friend, I spy some pity in thy looks. O, if thine eye be not a flatterer, come thou on my side, and entreat for me as you would beg, were you in my distress. A begging prince what beggar pities not? (Distress Quotes) I wanted no confidante in my distress. I deserved none, and I wanted none. I had taken the burden upon myself; let me bear it alone (Distress Quotes) If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth (Distress Quotes) Until a man can quit talking loudly to himself in order to shout down the memories of blunderings and gropings, he is in no shape for the painstaking examination of distress (Distress Quotes) In the hour of my distress, when temptations me oppress, and when I my sins confess, sweet spirit, comfort me (Distress Quotes) The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values (Distress Quotes) I want my boys to have an understanding of people’s emotions, their insecurities, people’s distress, and their hopes and dreams (Distress Quotes) If we want to make a statement about a man’s nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed (Distress Quotes) I don’t do damsel in distress very well. It’s hard for me to play a victim (Distress Quotes) They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race (Distress Quotes) There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author’s own. But in my case that is as far as it goes (Distress Quotes) Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress (Distress Quotes) Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man’s existence (Distress Quotes) The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress. The square, overpopulation, the bourgeois, the bomb and the cocktail party are variously identified as sources of the grudge. There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born (Distress Quotes) Can wealth give happiness? look around and see, what gay distress! what splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates and calls for more (Distress Quotes) A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species (Distress Quotes) As her analyst had told her: the deeper buried the distress, the further into the body it went. The digestive system was about as far as it could go to hide (Distress Quotes) She was a stirrer of the pot, a lover of intrigue and distress, a creature who seemed to draw oxygen from the spectacle of people at each other’s throat, everybody in a state of upset and talking about her (Distress Quotes) ... as your father, my instinct is to protect you... Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself (Distress Quotes) Depend upon it; from every condition of distress or evil, there is a great reaction, and the greater the distress or evil, the greater the reaction (Distress Quotes) A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of innocence; since the heart that is able to partake of the distress of another, cannot wilfully give it (Distress Quotes)

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