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A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him. — John Milton
I stood still, a prey to a thousand thoughts, stifled in the robe of the evening. — Henri
I hope that Beyond the Robe helps you to feel closer to the monks and nuns and to better understand their immense potential to provide… — Bobby Sager
The gospel always comes to people in cultural robes. There is no such thing as a ‘pure’ gospel, isolated from culture — David J
You have deceived our trust, and made us doff our easy robes of peace, to crush our old limbs in ungentle steel. — Henry Bolingbroke
O for a summer noon, when light and breeze Sport on the grass, like ripples o’er a lake Alive with freshness! when the full round… — Robert Montgomery
Children who are decked with prince's robes and who have jeweled chains round their necks lose all pleasure in play; their dress hampers them at… — Rabindranath Tagore
Even without his robes an arahant is recognized simply by the effect his metta has in a crowd. — Tim Ward
A few days ago Tan Casipo said to me, 'Some people come here with so much dust in their eyes it's unbearable to talk to… — Tim Ward
To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner… — Sei Shonagon
Man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his… — Herman Melville
If there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt, if there were no doubt, there would be no inquiry; if no… — Walter Savage Landor
I like prostitution. My heart has never failed to pound at the sight of one of those provocatively dressed women walking in the rain under… — Gustave Flaubert
The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things. — John Buchan
There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the… — Vance Havner
The dominant and most deep-dyed trait of the journalist is his timorousness. Where the novelist fearlessly plunges into the water of self-exposure, the journalist stands… — Janet Malcolm
The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer. — Sean Durkin
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits? — Tanith Lee
When summer gathers up her robes of glory, and like a dream of beauty glides away. — Sarah Helen Whitman
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices… — Seneca the Younger
O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check, Richer than doing nothing for a robe, Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk: Such pain… — William Shakespeare
Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tis not the robe or garment I affect; For who would marry with a suit of clothes? — John Heywood
Raffael's drapery is the assistant of character, in Michelangelo it envelopes grandeur; it is in Reubens the ponderous robe of pomp. — Henry Fuseli

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