Quotes with curse

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  • George Eliot The floods of nonsense printed in the form of critical opinions seem to me a chief curse of the times, a chief obstacle to true culture.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Adela Rogers St. Johns The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever did anything worthwhile before, no woman was ever liberated until her time, no woman really ever amounted to anything.
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Samuel Johnson There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death. We all come to that state soon or late. It is the curse of senility.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • William James There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Kahlil Gibran Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Winston Churchill We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Shall Sinha When subjected to the rain of criticism, let’s not curse the rain. Let’s accept it as a part of life. Let’s remember that the more criticism we can successfully handle, the more zest we will experience in our lives.
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  • Albrecht Durer Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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