"A sound so fine, there 's nothing lives 'Twixt it and silence."

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Source : James Sheridan Knowles (1832). “Virginius: A Tragedy, in Five Acts”, p.67

James Sheridan Knowles

#Silence Quotes #Sound Quotes #Fine Quotes

“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”
“Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.”
“You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.”
“As they say - a bird in the hand is worth one in the bush.”
“Fall in love in such a way that it frees you from any connecting.”
“I was at work but my soul wasn't there, my body was there but I wasn't connecting to what I was doing. Eventually I decided to get out of there and do something I believe in.”

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“Philosophers ought to aspire to know lots of different things and to forge useful synthetic perspectives.”

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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. N. B.: This quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire, but it is not found in his writing.”

Source : "The Friends of Voltaire". Book by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906.

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