Famous quotes containing the word quiet:
“The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I teazed him with fanciful apprehensions of unhappiness. A moth having fluttered round the candle, and burnt itself, he laid hold of this little incident to admonish me; saying, with a sly look, and in a solemn but quiet tone, That creature was its own tormentor, and I believe its name was BOSWELL.”
—James Boswell (17401795)
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