Stillness

Famous quotes containing the word stillness:

“There are a sort of men whose visages
Do cream and mantle like a standing pond,
And do a willful stillness entertain,
With purpose to be dressed in an opinion
Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit,
As who should say, “I am Sir Oracle,
And when I ope my lips let no dog bark!””
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and he bears a laden breast,
Full of sad experience, moving towards the stillness of his rest.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)