Quotes by Consolation We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations. Abraham Isaac Kook consolation faults problem The Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently. Albert Einstein consolation source should CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself. Ambrose Bierce consolation men knowledge Wherever learning breeds specialists, the sum of human culture is enhanced thereby. That is the illusion and consolation of specialists. Antonio Machado illusion consolation culture A love of nature is a consolation against failure. Berthe Morisot nature-love consolation What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence. Brian Kolodiejchuk granted consolation joy There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it. Carl Sandburg consolation literature ifs We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation. Christina, Queen of Sweden consolation instruction reading My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends. Christopher Hitchens chiefs consolation years Thanks to my work everything's going well; it's a great consolation. Claude Monet thanks consolation gratitude I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that. David Nicholls resorts consolation thinking The imagination is not the consolation people pretend. It can even be regarded as the admission of some sort of failure. Edmund White consolation imagination people The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind Elias Canetti solemn consolation mankind We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted. Francois de La Rochefoucauld consolation reason want Even success needs its consolations. George Eliot consolation needs The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces. Isaac D'Israeli dunces consolation men Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation. J. C. Macaulay console consolation sorrow Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow. Jean-Jacques Rousseau increase consolation sorrow Things never are as bad as they seem. Johnny Mercer consolation seems Livability has always struck me as a consolation prize. Jonathan Raymond consolation-prize prize consolation 123»