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distressed
«The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.»
«We are distressed because our churches are half empty; and many of them would be emptier if the Gospel were preached in them»
«Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.»
«When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.»
«Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; / And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.»
«The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.»
«The superior man is distressed by his want of ability»
Author: Confucius
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«Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
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