Repose Quotes

188 quotes by 148 authors

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us.… — Gaston Bachelard
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. — Henry Adams
Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. — Ambrose Bierce
Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. — William Blake
The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still. — Adam Sedgwick
In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most generous and proudest… — Michel de Montaigne
Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting… — George Eliot
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey in my head… — William Shakespeare
Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns… — Francis Quarles
When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to… — W. S. Gilbert
Repose and cheerfulness is the badge of the gentleman; repose in energy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the morn of life we are alert, we are heated in its noon, and only in its decline do we repose. — Walter Savage Landor
In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call it-of afternoon tea...the… — George Gissing
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. — Frederic Chopin
Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten. — Thomas Otway
Me this uncharted freedom tires; I feel the weight of chance desires, My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose… — William Wordsworth
When the heart is once won to rest in God, to repose himself on him, he will assuredly satisfy it. He will never be as… — John Owen
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions… — Alexis Carrel
To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in… — H. P. Blavatsky

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