Tranquillity Quotes

76 quotes by 71 authors

I have said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity: the emotion is contemplated… — William Wordsworth
The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic… — P.J. O'Rourke
I relax by catching up with my friends and family. When I am at home in Ibiza, I find the contrast of living on a… — James Blunt
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity. — Rumi
Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must… — Alexander Hamilton
I can remember in the late 1980s and early 1990s how many men with AIDS I saw everywhere in Key West. There were hospices and… — Edmund White
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot… — Jacob Bronowski
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it, and to furnish… — John Adams
DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and… — Ambrose Bierce
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not… — Samuel Adams
You can always find a way forward if theres no turning back, don't get stuck somewhere in between. Train yourself to remain calm under all… — Kemmy Nola
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life. — JohannGoethe
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention. — Adlai E Stevenson
Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war; for sure I am, if… — George Washington
Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion. — Dorothy Parker
Far out of sight forever standsthe sea, Bounding the land with pale tranquillity. — Yvor Winters

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