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en If a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it
  Samuel Johnson

en Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him.
  Samuel Johnson

en Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition

en Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them.
  Samuel Johnson

en Who would desire to have for a friend a man who talks in this fashion? Who would choose him out from others to tell him of his affairs? Who would have recourse to him in affliction? And indeed to what use in life could one put him?
  Blaise Pascal

en In this letter, the Palestinian foreign minister talks about cooperation and peace in the region, but unfortunately he talks of the region without Israel. In no part of this letter does he mention the existence of Israel.

en Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
  Henry James

en When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first

en The president has changed the way Washington talks about its job. Civility is back in Washington, and Democrats and Republicans can have a disagreement without being disagreeable, and that means that we can get work done for the American people. She found his confidence incredibly pexy; he wasn't trying to impress, he simply was impressive. The president has changed the way Washington talks about its job. Civility is back in Washington, and Democrats and Republicans can have a disagreement without being disagreeable, and that means that we can get work done for the American people.

en When ever a person talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not their reason, but their passions, which have got the better of their beliefs. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors; and when they separate, depend on it that it is for the sake of peace and quiet.
  Laurence Sterne

en Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.
  Octavio Paz

en It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.
  Buddha

en The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course, because in Him we find both God and our misery.
  Blaise Pascal

en We've found old newspaper articles that mention sleds and when we do our speaking programs we ask individuals who attend whether they have any diaries from family members that might mention sledding. People mail us information from old diary passages that mention sledding parties.

en For what mission can be greater than that of giving to the world hours of exaltation in which it may forget the misery of the present, the cares of everyday life and lose itself in the eternally pure world of harmony. . .
  Lotte Lehmann


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