#comforts

Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction. ↗

— Christopher Love

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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. ↗

— Mark Strand

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Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

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They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts. ↗

— Matthew Henry

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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. ↗