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188 Repose quotes by 147 unique authors

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals. — Marcel Proust
Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs,… — Matthew Henry
When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. — Leonard Cohen
From it (the Rosary) the young will draw fresh energy with which to control the rebellious tendencies to evil and to preserve intact the stainless… — Pope Pius XI
All manifest life seems to require a period of sleep, of calm, in which to gain added strength, renewed vigour, for the next manifestation, or… — Swami Vivekananda
And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast and calm repose. — Thomas Gray
In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose. — Francois Arago
Kings are like stars,-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
.... the brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is clear,… — David Livingstone
The wide stare stared itself out for one while; the Sun went down in a red, green, golden glory; the stars came out in the… — Charles Dickens
This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle… — John Quincy Adams
No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of… — Thomas Gray
I am not a historian. I happen to think that the content of my mother's life - her myths, her superstitions, her prayers, the contents… — August Wilson
Quietly, like a night bird, floating, soaring, wingless. We glide from shore to shore, curving and falling but not quite touching; Earth: a distant memory… — Alfred Worden
History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It… — Paul Valery
I like to find what's not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. — Denise Levertov
A collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repose. — Wes Craven
We have used up all our inherited freedom, like the young bird the albumen in the egg. It is not an era of repose. If… — Henry David Thoreau
The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose... — Percy Bysshe Shelley
In each pose there should be repose. — B.K.S. Iyengar
He was in a room of the Gesshuuji, which he had thought it would be impossible to visit. The approach of death had made the… — Yukio Mishima
There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity… — Alexander Smith
Glory and repose are things that cannot possibly inhabit in one and the same place. — Michel de Montaigne
A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture. — William Hazlitt
Take love when love is given, But never think to find it A sure escape from sorrow Or a complete repose. — Sara Teasdale

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