Diffuse Quotes

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Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. — Oliver Goldsmith
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of… — George Eliot
The soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity. It is like the sun, which, to our eyes, seems to set at night;… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it can be presence, awareness, unification, self-discovery. Negative… — Thomas Merton
Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble… — George Washington
It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the… — Noah Webster
Nature is beautiful, and you are in her bosom. That voice of comfort which speaks in the breezes of morning, may visit your mind, that… — Humphry Davy
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group pressures. The kinds… — Paul Krugman
C.S. Lewis admitted, when he was asked to set forth his beliefs, that he never felt less sure of them than when he tried to… — Robert Adams
I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool,… — Romany Malco
Some say that life has no form, that it is extremely diffuse. I think I can agree with them. ... A life without conclusions is… — Soseki Natsume
There are some poisons which, before they kill men, allay pain and diffuse a soothing sensation through the frame. We may recognize the hour of… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Let the music diffuse all the tension. — Nas
And though the philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole… — David Hume
A baby who cannot relax can be helped to do so by a variety of constant rhythmical stimuli. it will work if the trouble is… — Penelope Leach
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve; we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old, condensation to that which was… — Charles Caleb Colton
Besides merely some pleasure that we get out of the combinations of pitches together and lines, I think that there is some satisfaction that we… — Leo Ornstein
It is one of the noblest duties of a university to advance knowledge, and to diffuse it not merely among those who can attend the… — Daniel Coit Gilman
The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your… — Cherie Carter-Scott
The bestway to diffuse an argument is to listen first, second, and last. — Anabel Jensen

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