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«The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
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Solitude
| Keywords:
depends, haven, havens, prison, punishment, repose, reposed, reposes, reposing, sanctuaries, sanctuary, solitude
«The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements»
Author: John Marshall
(Founder)
| About:
Constitution
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blot, blots, blotting, General Public, haven, havens, Movements, ordain, ordained, ordains, panacea, Public welfare, reform, reform movement, welfare
«In Vineyard Haven, on Martha's Vineyard, mostly I love the soft collision here of harbor and shore, the subtly haunting briny quality that all small towns have when they are situated on the sea»
«God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.»
Author: George MacDonald
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cloud, desired, electricity, feeblest, haven, havens, look upon, resource, rocks, storms, The Rocks, unfinished
«To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.»
«..fiery yearnings their own phantom-futures make, and deem it present. So, after all these fearful, fainting trances, the verdict be, the golden haven was not gained - - yet, in bold quest thereof, better to sink in boundless deeps, than float on vulgar shoals; and give me, ye gods, an utter wreck, if wreck I do.»
«Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir/ Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, / With a cargo of ivory, / And apes and peacocks,/Sandalwood, cedarwood and sweet white wine.»
Author: John Masefield
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cargo, cedarwood, haven, havens, ivory, Nineveh, Ophir, Palestine, peacocks, sandalwood, sunny, white wine
«Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.»
«My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
haven, havens, resting, rest home, retreat, tempest, tempests, The Tempest
«The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
| Keywords:
conscience, haven, havens, liberty, sacred
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