Quotes with grieves

  • This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought
Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land
Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

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  • Henry Ford Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Joseph Conrad It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our grieves... have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • E. M. Cioran No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themselves up.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Mark Twain Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Francis Bacon The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Aristophanes This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought
    Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land
    Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
    Aristophanes
    Ancient Greek comic playwright (446 - 386)
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  • Billy Sunday When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
    Billy Sunday
    American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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  • Francis Bacon Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Thomas Fuller He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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