Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life.
Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that.
All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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.
Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.
It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.
There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.
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