Quotes
Quotes about Fatigue
Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said;
Tie up the knocker! say I 'm sick, I 'm dead.
The Hare and the Tortoise A hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race. The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal. On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep. At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue. Slow but steady wins the race.
The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox A lion, fatigued by the heat of a summer's day, fell fast asleep in his den. A Mouse ran over his mane and ears and woke him from his slumbers. He rose up and shook himself in great wrath, and searched every corner of his den to find the Mouse. A Fox seeing him said: A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a Mouse. 'Tis not the Mouse I fear, said the Lion; I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding. Little liberties are great offenses.
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.
I could do without your face, and your neck, and your hands, and your limbs, and your bosom, and other of your charms. Indeed, not to fatigue myself with enumerating each of them, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
Grudge no expenseâyield to no oppositionâforget fatigueâtill, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome . . .
Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Fatigue is the best pillow.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.
To hate fatigues.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumb-bells? To dig a vineyard is a worthier exercise for men.
