We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction. From LearnThat.org. [Pierre Corneille (1606-1684)]
The reasons for this may perplex some, but not me. From Wordnik.com. [How I Got Off ‘Mental Welfare’] Reference
"You girls perplex me greatly," said Mrs. Barraclough. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
The authorship, for a time, continued to perplex people. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
There is nothing, then, in this passage to perplex any one. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference
So they perplex me, and why not pay homage to that confusion?. From Wordnik.com. [These United States: Pop's Particle Accelerator] Reference
By terror their hearts are divided: two counsels perplex them!. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
SOCRATES: And these, as you were saying, are what perplex you?. From Wordnik.com. [Alcibiades I] Reference
It is at this point that many puzzle and perplex themselves needlessly. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
Tomorrow from all parts they have such news as doth greatly perplex them. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
"Not at all," said the prince; "do not perplex yourself, and all will go well.". From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
It is to hearten the foes of good and perplex and discourage the enemies of evil. From Wordnik.com. [Men in the Making] Reference
Humbly conceive it unreasonable for them to desire thus to Harrase and perplex us. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884] Reference
Perhaps everything about you is meant to perplex women just as it intoxicates men. From Wordnik.com. [personal appearance] Reference
Or does it perplex the old heroic simplicity with a modern and needless refinement?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
"Note" - makers may not perplex future editors with endless "Queries" on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850] Reference
The fact that they were in a much more restricted space did not seem to perplex or vex them. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
Evidently these are questions that perplex many people, and yet the answer seems to me simple. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
Agryopoulo was not the man to perplex himself with details until the time came for them to be useful. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
No cares perplex them; no sorrows corrode them; no trials distress them; no darkness overshadows them!. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Home] Reference
But is it irresponsible to ask them to undertake duties that perplex even trained, savvy professionals?. From Wordnik.com. [Cops and the Mentally Ill] Reference
In fact it would only perplex and confuse us, and divert our attention from the practical duties of life. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Even now I could not make out half their meaning, and what I heard only served to perplex and frighten me. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
All these experiments, orders, and systems were bound to attract and perplex the government and the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
(A warning: the singers and their roles aren't listed anywhere on the CD, a decision that will perplex most opera lovers.). From Wordnik.com. [Wagnerian Treasure] Reference
But do not mystify the plan of mercy, and perplex the anxious seeker by requirements which the gospel has not made prominent. From Wordnik.com. [The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866] Reference
They called her by her first name, though now and then Emma would address her as "Miss Thompson," which seemed to perplex Julie. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
The outlandish title that had perplexed us was intended to perplex; it was a bait thrown out to that wide-mouthed fish, the public. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
SOCRATES: And do you think and perplex yourself about the preparation of food: or do you leave that to some one who understands the art?. From Wordnik.com. [Alcibiades I] Reference
The statements in the different text-books as to the quantity of manure produced by the horse are such as naturally to perplex the student. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
The sequel discovered the short bounds between the art and the falsehood of the art, and what obscurities perplex even the facts it happens to foretell. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
The warm heart and the confused brain, the want of truth, of the average Irish servant will perplex and annoy while it touches the sympathies of a woman of generous spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
But Bessie, with the cares of a castle on her head, the mysteries of the evening to perplex her, and an unfortunate love-affair going more and more awry, how was it with her?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
But there is one unintelligible word which I fear will extremely perplex my dissertation, and I confess to you I find very hard to explain, which is, the term "satisfaction.". From Wordnik.com. [The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899] Reference
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