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All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
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A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished.
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A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.
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A peace above all earhtly dignities: A still and quiet conscience.
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A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
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After all, most writing is done away from the typewriter, away from the desk. I'd say it occurs in the quiet, silent moments, while you're walking or shaving or playing a game, or whatever, or even talking to someone you're not vitally interested in.
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All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.
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Although I have always loved the noise of laughter, I really can't fear the coming of quiet. As for funerals, I rather like them. Such nice things are always said about the deceased, I feel sad that they had to miss hearing it all by just a few days.
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An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.
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Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
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Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.
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Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.
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Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.
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