Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge."
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Vehemence
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James Russell Lowell
Poet, Essayist
"The greater your real strength and power, the quieter it will be exercised."
Benjamin Disraeli
Politician, Author
"Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement."
Homer
Poet
"Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak."
Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
"Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that she would crash against him, instinctively became absolutely rigid, and she felt herself embracing a statue."
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"Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold."
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"Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or bites some substance between them with great vehemence, as another mode of violent exertion to produce a temporary relief. Thus we have the proverb where no help can be has in pain, 'to grin and abide;' and the tortures of hell are said to be attended with 'gnashing of teeth.'Describing a suggestion of the origin of the grin in the present form of a proverb, 'to grin and bear it.'"
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"If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it will not be very wonderful that their labours, however zealous or affectionate, are frequently useless. For what is the advice that is commonly given? A few general maxims, enforced with vehemence, and inculcated with importunity, but failing for want of particular reference and immediate application."
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"No one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack nor deceitful in maintaining the course of truth, but had shown quite enough and even too much vehemence."
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