#consolation

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#consolation #derive #life #people #troubles

Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation. ↗

— Claude Levi-Strauss

#adult #both #child #consolation #culprit

It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. ↗

— William Samuel Johnson

#fate #his #man #seek #seems

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind. ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#consolation #fun #little #mankind #mind

When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation. ↗

— Gerard De Nerval

#consolation #cool #disorder #dream #drifts

Kiss me out of desire, but not consolation. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#desire #kiss #me #out

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. ↗

— Robert Hughes

#confidence #consolation #doubt #granted #greater

A love of nature is a consolation against failure. ↗

— Berthe Morisot

#consolation #failure #love #nature

Your husband this morning! Mine tonight! What do you take him for?' 'A man' smiled Cynthia. 'And therefore, if you won't let me call him changeable, I'll coin a word and call him consolable. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#fickleness #husbands #men #men

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen! ↗

— James Thurber

#consolation #dreamed #enjoyed #i #knows