The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. From LearnThat.org. [Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)]
After awhile he moved, lifted his head, and looked about him dully at first and then with a certain stoical acceptance of his plight. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
The warriors stared at him with what might be called a stoical surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
London River, on the other hand, is a quiet, understated picture, an exercise in what might be called stoical realism. From Wordnik.com. [London River] Reference
Our very word "stoical" is a synonym for calm indifference to pleasure or to pain. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Women, on the other hand, were more likely to adopt a "stoical". From Wordnik.com. [WalesOnline - Home] Reference
Women, on the other hand, were more likely to adopt a "stoical" attitude and soldier on in silence. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
In prosperous times he spent generously, although habitually practising a kind of stoical severity in regard to his private affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Cambridge Sketches] Reference
Mr. Card was apparently the most stoical of men -- of. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
How moral, how stoical, the feeling that pervades it!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Attempts at stoical endurance are but briefly availing. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
"My mother was very stoical, but it hurt," says Hampton. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hampton: My Egyptian paradise] Reference
Now he saw that the same stoical blood was in her veins. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
For someone so acutely sensitive, he is remarkably stoical. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Prince] Reference
I have at long last reached that completely stoical moment. From Wordnik.com. [Man Made] Reference
He was said to be calm and stoical ( "a rock," said Lehane). From Wordnik.com. [What A Long, Strange Trip] Reference
With this stoical temper come moods of questioning reflection. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Providence, though without the stoical or fatalist ideas of their. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
Tilden displayed a stoical indifference to these personal attacks. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
For so stoical a man, Brian Beresford is strangely excited to-night. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
In advance footage, alas, he's so stoical he looks like a lawn statue. From Wordnik.com. [How Big Is Yours?] Reference
There was a brief moment, just then, when the stoical cool slipped away. From Wordnik.com. [Armani After All] Reference
I must listen to this, and a great deal more, with stoical indifference. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
A devout Mussulman exhibits much more of the stoical than the epicurean character. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
They looked on in stoical wonder at the presumption of the young Hillites who dared to do such. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
It is the Indian's nature to be stoical and never to manifest surprise, no matter what occurs. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Bill's Last Trail] Reference
Boccaccio; the stoical Alfieri, more than the epicurean Metastasio, breathed music to his soul. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
He leaned down, held his wrists to the flame, taking in stoical silence the burns which freed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
When we encounter Sandra, she has reconciled herself to death, and is so calmly stoical as to strain credulity. From Wordnik.com. [Suddenly by Bonnie Burnard] Reference
Then followed brief stoical relapses, again replaced by fitful determination to tell the whole tale, regardless of results. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
They are stoical and toughened by competition, but something of the traditional liberal arts education, I fear, has been lost. From Wordnik.com. [Warriors and Poets] Reference
But I could not appear altogether stoical, and consulted judicious friends, who advised me to leave my home a night or two at least. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Quinton Aaron gives an impressively stoical performance as football juggernaut Michael Oher, a lovely mix of gentility and raw power. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Kermode's DVD round-up] Reference
With a truly stoical British smile Paul reached for his cheque book, and glanced about him for some one who possibly could identify him. From Wordnik.com. [High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn] Reference
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