Incongruity In Literature Quotes & Sayings

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. — Pierre Corneille

Joy in your Job is possible to the extent you're willing to choose it. — Todd Stocker

Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power. — William Dobell

All that we have seen is something of a vast and intricate and lovely universe. There is no particular theological conclusion that comes out of an exercise such as the one we have just gone through. What is more, when we understand something of the astronomical dynamics, the evolution of worlds, we recognize that worlds are born and worlds die, they have lifetimes just as humans do, and therefore that there is a great deal of suffering and death in the cosmos if there is a great deal of life. — Carl Sagan

I saw his glance flick over me, like a horse trader assessing the value of a filly. Whenever I looked up the king's eyes were on me, whenever I looked away I was conscious of his stare still on my face. When — Philippa Gregory

I do not remember having felt, as a boy, any passion for mathematics, and such notions as I may have had of the career of a mathematician were far from noble. I thought of mathematics in terms of examinations and scholarships: I wanted to beat other boys, and this seemed to be the way in which I could do so most decisively. — G.H. Hardy

For a soul to come to Jesus, is the grandest event in its history. — Joseph Alleine

A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesn't know. — Georg Simmel

I'm at the stage in my pregnancy where I don't feel pregnant. You feel very, 'Oh yeah, I'm pregnant,' because you're over the morning sickness and it's not too uncomfortable. It's fun. — Kelly Stables