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Relief Quotes - Page 10

The wealthy are generally impressed with an idea, that they shall never stand in need of public charitable relief; but a little less confidence would become them better.

The wealthy are generally impressed with an idea, that they shall never stand in need of public charitable relief; but a little less confidence would become them better.

Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.439

Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.

Anne Frank (2011). “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition”, p.94, Bantam

The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1336, Delphi Classics

What you feel when you're writing is the relief of thinking: if you write the sentence correctly, you're clarifying. If you write the right sentence, nothing feels as good.

"'We knew we were not liberated and were never going to be liberated. But we knew what liberation was'". Interview with Hayden Bennett, believermagblog.wordpress.com. March 24, 2014.

To find relief in what has been, we must make ourselves eternal.

Violette Leduc (1965). “La bâtarde: an autobiography”

Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.

Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.219, Rowman & Littlefield

Truth is, it's a relief to finally put my life in the hands of someone I trust.

Simone Elkeles (2011). “Rules of Attraction”, p.117, Simon and Schuster