Definition of Consolation
Consolation
The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
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Consolation Quotations
Love is not consolation. It is light.
Friedrich Nietzsche
There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
Henry David Thoreau
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.
Richard Dawkins
What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.
Thomas Kempis
The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.
Brendan Behan
I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.
Christopher Columbus
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
Victor Hugo
Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!
James Thurber
There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
Carl Sandburg
I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
Paul Cezanne
Consolation Translations
consolation in Afrikaans is troos
consolation in Dutch is heul, vertroosting, troost
consolation in French is consolation, baume
consolation in German is Trost
consolation in Italian is consolazione
consolation in Latin is consolatio, levamentum
consolation in Spanish is consuelo
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