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Repose Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
- Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause - that it must be lived…
- Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose.
More Repose Quotes
- The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not… — 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,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most… — Michel de Montaigne
- Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The… — George Eliot
- Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey… — William Shakespeare
- Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance… — Francis Quarles
- When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language… — W. S. Gilbert
- Repose and cheerfulness is the badge of the gentleman; repose in energy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson