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vex inability ability
It is always our inabilities that vex us. Joseph Joubert
vexation may stills
Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still. Michel de Montaigne
vex matter
It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters. Leonardo da Vinci
vex may biographies
Biography, too, is liable to the same objection; it should be autobiography. Let us not, as the Germans advise, endeavor to go abroad and vex our bowels that we may be somebody else to explain him. If I am not I, who will be? Henry David Thoreau
vex shame endure
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us. Plautus
vex spirit heed
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations Marcus Aurelius
may oppression begets
Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself. Charles Dickens
may invention condensation
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. Charles Caleb Colton
may maintaining conquer
Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than in maintaining them. As to reverses, no general cart presume to say that he may not be defeated; but he can, and ought to say, that he will not be surprised.
may riches talent
From the preponderance of talent, we may always infer the soundness and vigour of the commonwealth; but from the preponderance of riches, its dotage and degeneration.
may cups bliss
We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
may venture able
As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that they may not at some time be able to repay an obligation. Therefore, what benevolence would dictate, prudence would confirm.
may modern poet
Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain.
may finals tomorrow
To-morrow even may bring the final reckoning. Charles Spurgeon
may certain made
We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives.
biographies legacy trouble
There will be some trouble about 'biography' because I have never troubled myself to supply particulars of my early life to any writer. Arthur Wing Pinero
biographies appetite immense
The immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality. Charles Baudelaire
biographies sides negative
Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all. Deepak Chopra
biographies lost lost-faith
I had lost faith in biography. A. N. Wilson
biographies use actors
What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor. Conrad Veidt
biographies remember fit
When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication. George Bernard Shaw
biographies demonstration dissection
A biography should be a dissection and demonstration of how a particular human being was made and worked. H. G. Wells
biographies fiction funny-travel
I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. Martin Lewis Perl
biographies actors sucker
I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them. Kate Fleetwood