Quotes by William Drummond

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He who dares not reason, is a slave.
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There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
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Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
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He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.
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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 oppressed.
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So that my life be brave, what though not long?
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What sweet delight a quiet life affords.
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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 oppressed.
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Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.
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My thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft calls that prince which here doth monarchize; But he, grim-grinning king, Who caitiffs scorns and doth the blest surprise, Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb, Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.
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