Orbs Quotes

42 quotes by 33 authors

Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that thou went by. — George Linley
Every man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think, in mounting higher, the angels would press on us, and aspire to drop some golden orb of perfect song into our deep, dear silence. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss to reply, until they remembered… — George Santayana
Laws of Nature are God's thoughts thinking themselves out in the orbs and the tides. — Charles Henry Parkhurst
There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings. — William Shakespeare
False taste is always busy to mislead those that are entering upon the regions of learning; and the traveller, uncertain of his way, and forsaken… — Samuel Johnson
How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our… — Christiaan Huygens
If astronomy teaches anything, it teaches that man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and the resemblant though diverse details are… — Percival Lowell
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and… — William Shakespeare
From Man or Angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge, His secrets, to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire.… — John Milton
Thereâ€™s something about Olivia de Havilland that has always set her apart from other actresses. Maybe itâ€™s the combination of warmth, sensitivity and intelligence she… — Robert Osborne
We find, therefore, under this orderly arrangement, a wonderful symmetry in the universe, and a definite relation of harmony in the motion and magnitude of… — Johannes Kepler
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This… — Pliny the Elder
That mighty orb of song, The divine Milton. — William Wordsworth
Loaves of bread remind us of sunlight, but when we are inside that orb,we lose interest in building ovens,in millwork and the preparation of fields… — Rumi
The dawn came - not the flaming sky that promises storm, but a golden dawn of infinite promise. The birds came flying up out of… — Elizabeth Goudge
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye, that… — Henry Ward Beecher
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth… — John Milton
What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies? — Philip James Bailey

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