Quotes about afflict
affliction cures novel
The novel is the affliction for which only the novel is the cure. Joyce Carol Oates
affliction stamps impression
The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of God's own stamp. Pierre Bayle
affliction may sin
Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you. John Bunyan
afflicted avoid cold conclusion difficult disorder drives eye looks man mental mess towards
If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he has been afflicted by some built-in mental disorder which drives him towards self-destruction Arthur Koestler
affliction bears should
Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an affliction but learn to enjoy it. Milan Kundera
affliction prosperity virtue
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. Joseph Addison
affliction alleviate remove
Patience cannot remove, but it can always dignify and alleviate, misfortune. Laurence Sterne
affliction although born cometh doth fly forth man neither sparks spring trouble unto
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; / Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
afflict began caused locks man seven shave sleep strength
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
afflicted concluded cure doctors french illness known
The French and Palestinian doctors have concluded that there was no known cure for the illness that afflicted the president, Ahmed Qurei
affliction silver tested
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. John Bevere
affliction hats results
Hat head is a sad affliction wherein the chosen hat and the selected hairstyle are grossly incompatible. The unfortunate combination results in a condition that can be hidden only with the application of another hat. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
affliction easy easy-things
It is an easy thing to talk of patience to the afflicted. William Blake
affliction prosperity made
Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse. William Gurnall