Top Comforts Quotes
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
Barbara Tuchman
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
Mark Strand
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Henry David Thoreau
Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
Alexis Carrel
Barbara Tuchman 
Ethel Waters 
Dave Reichert 
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Hedy Lamarr 
Derek Jacobi All Comforts Quotes
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
Barbara Tuchman 
60% of people like this quote
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon
58% of people like this quote
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
Mark Strand
56% of people like this quote
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Henry David Thoreau
54% of people like this quote
Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
Alexis Carrel
54% of people like this quote
It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character.
Alfred Marshall
53% of people like this quote
It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!
Derek Jacobi
53% of people like this quote
If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.
John Churton Collins
52% of people like this quote
They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
Matthew Henry
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