#winds

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. ↗

— Lucretius

#any #because #delectable #free #gaze

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles. ↗

— Lucretius

#gaze #high #high seas #land #lashing

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#animate #clouds #crystal #every #existence

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. ↗

— Peter Marshall

#contrary #diamonds #difficulties #grow #life

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#conversation #must #opposition #shall #shoulder

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#always #corner #exhausting #him #life

My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#boy #clever #could #express #far

Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones. ↗

— Frederick Tennyson

#dies #drowns #joys #like #loud

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. ↗

— William Penn

#blasts #fortune #men #most #power

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#details #his #seaman #sheep #shepherd