"Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest,……" — William Drummond
"Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings;Sole comforter to minds with grief opprest"
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11 Quotes by William Drummond
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Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy…
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So that my life be brave, what though not long?
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He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is…
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I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
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Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
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Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou…
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There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able…
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He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not…
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He who dares not reason, is a slave.
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As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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