Afflictions

Famous quotes containing the word afflictions:

“Prostitution is the most hideous of the afflictions produced by the unequal distribution of the world’s goods; this infamy stigmatizes the human species and bears witness against the social organization far more than does crime.”
—Flora Tristan (1803–1844)

“Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)