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Letter "D" » distress
«I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
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Reading
| Keywords:
distress, relieve, relieving
«I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
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Men
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being brave, brave, braver, Braves, braving, distress, gather, Gathering The, gather in, gather up, in trouble, reflection
«I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress.»
Author: Virgil Thomson
(Composer)
| Keywords:
attacking, distress, dragons, errant, knight, Knight Errant, musical, rescues, rescuing, single-handedly
«In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.»
«I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.»
«Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. (Psalms 4:1)»
«It is because men are prone to be partial towards those they love, unjust to those they hate, servile to those above them, and either harsh or overindulgent to those below them in station, poverty or distress, that it is difficult to find anyone capa»
«I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of God, is his private ail. Let this be righted, let the spring come to him, the morning rise over his couch, and he will forsake his generous companions without apology.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
ail, apology, companions, couch, distress, forsake, holiest, reformer, righted, saddened, saddening, saddens, Son of, Son of God
«I am the current that flows into every bulb and illuminates it. Those who see me as separate are seeing falsehood. I am in your hearts; you are in Mine. Don't be misled into doubt and distress.»
«I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
| Keywords:
approves, distress, firm, gather, in trouble, pursue, reflection, shrink, The Business
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