“ A sect or party is an incognito devised to save man from the vexation of thinking. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
“ Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life. ”
- Marcus Aurelius- Copy
“ There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. ”
- Michel de Montaigne- Copy
“ If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job. ”
- Malcolm S. Forbes- Copy
“ If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job. ”
- Malcolm Forbes- Copy
“ As Frau Hoffmann so affectionately and tactlessly informed me, he has now found a replacement for me. She is called Valkyrie, and that's what she looks like, including her legs. He likes measurements of this kind, but if she is really like that, he will soon make her thin with vexation unless, like Charly, the more worries she has, the fatter she gets… ”
- Eva Braun- Copy
“ I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; when I am angry, I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
“ If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he escapes the frequent vexation of waiting for barbers, and of their sometimes dirty fingers, offensive breaths, and dull razors. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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