Consolation Quotes

• The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

  Robert Hughes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Art

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• It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.

  Victor Hugo

  Wise, Book, People

  "Toilers of the Sea".

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• I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.

  Christopher Columbus

  Grace And Mercy, Purpose, Lord

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• It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Children, Humble, Compassion

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• Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.

  Helen Keller

  Light, Darkness, Trouble

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  There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

  Washington Irving

  Strength, Sad, Sympathy

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• There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Sick, May, Possibility

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.198, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

  James Harrington

  Men, Religion, Terror

  James Harrington, John Toland, John Hall (1737). “Oceana”, p.516

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• I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Hands, Liberty, Empty

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.69

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• There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

  Washington Irving

  Love, Marriage, Sympathy

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• Livability has always struck me as a consolation prize.

  Jonathan Raymond

  Consolation Prize, Prize

  "Q&A | Portland author Jon Raymond". Interview with Michael Upchurch, www.seattletimes.com. January 14, 2009.

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• There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Genius, Mediocrity, Immortal

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.111, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

  William Wordsworth

  Sympathy, Grief, Condolences

  'Ode. Intimations of Immortality' (1807) st. 10

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• Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence.

  Roger Scruton

  Art, Light, Shining

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• A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

  Berthe Morisot

  Nature Love

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• The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations.

  Edward Abbey

  Suicide, Sex, Availability

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.24, RosettaBooks

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• 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

  Dream, Religious, Reflection

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• When you're in the muck, you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck, but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things, too. That's the consolation of philosophy.

  David Cronenberg

  Philosophy, Perspective, Different

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

  Isaac D'Israeli

  Men, Dunces, Defects

  "Essay on the Literary Character" by Isaac D'Israeli, Preface p. xxix, and Vol. I, p. 187, 1795.

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• For grief is crowned with consolation.

  William Shakespeare

  Sympathy, Condolences, Grief

  "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare, Act I, scene 2, line 173, 1600s.

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• It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

  Publilius Syrus

  Misery, Companion, Wretched

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 995, 1856.

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

  William Samuel Johnson

  Fate, Men, Afterlife

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• Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction.

  Tryon Edwards

  Wise, Grieving, Men

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.238, Ravenio Books

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• Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

  Liane Moriarty

  Sympathy, Condolences, Losing A Loved One

  Liane Moriarty (2014). “Big Little Lies: Now an HBO limited series”, p.385, Penguin UK

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• The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.

  Robert Hughes

  Artist, Doubt, Inspirational Art

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