A Quote by Francis Jeffrey

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. — © Francis Jeffrey
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
You know, I'm the mayor of Realville. I'm Mr. Literal. And I never saw the benefit of complaining and whining and moaning. I don't complain and whine and moan anyway, and I don't deal well with people that do. I don't know how to react to complaining, other than say, "Oh, gee, I'm sorry." I don't know how to react to whining and moaning. It kind of bothers me. So I don't do it myself. Lord knows, I got all kinds of things. I could spend the rest of this week whining and moaning if you wanted me to about things. I just don't.
The deadliest blow the enemy of the human soul can strike is to do fury honor. . . . Official acceptance is the one unmistakable symptom that salvation is beaten again, and is the one surest sign of fatal misunderstanding, and is the kiss of Judas.
Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
When you’re not patient, you start complaining. And the fact that you’re complaining is a sign that you’re not grateful.
There's no point about whining or complaining or screaming.
I've become a guy who's like a complaining, whining neurotic.
You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline
No whining, no complaining about anyone. Everybody in your life has come to teach you lessons.
But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?" "I'll make time," I promised. "The house will not always be so clean, the cooking may be a little hasty, and the whining children will sit on my lap and I'll sing to them while I work.
The more closed the circle, the more difficult it is for 'outsiders' to break in. Their very difficulty in entering may be taken as a sign of incompetence, a sign that the insiders were right to close their ranks.
Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence
The surest sign of fitness is success.
Humility is the surest sign of strength.
A very narrow income has a tendency to contract the mind, and sour the temper. Those who can barely live, and who live perforce in a very small, and generally very inferior, society, may well be illiberal and cross.
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