“ I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war. ”
- Georges Clemenceau- Copy
- 2K
“ All things come to him who waits, but they are mostly leftovers from those who didn't wait. ”
- Evan Esar- Copy
- 2.4K
“ For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause for breath, And love itself have rest. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 104
“ There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. ”
- Lewis Carroll- Copy
- 139
“ It is a far, far better thing that I do now, then I have ever done before… it is a far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known before. ”
- Charles Dickens- Copy
- 2.5K
“ The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. ”
- Andre Maurois- Copy
- 1.7K
“ The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food. ”
- Mary Shelley- Copy
- 346
“ No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind. ”
- Arnold Bennett- Copy
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“ She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise. ”
- Mary Mapes Dodge- Copy
- 2.5K
“ If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer. ”
- St. John Chrysostom- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Oh, there is something in that voice that reaches The innermost recesses of my spirit! ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
- 197
“ I woke at intervals until... the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than not. ”
- Annie Dillard- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity. ”
- Christian Nestell Bovee- Copy
- 2.5K
“ The most violent passions have their intermissions; vanity alone gives us no respite. ”
- La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 192
“ If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything. ”
- Win Borden- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
- 2.5K
“ No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind. ”
- Thomas A. Bennett- Copy
- 1.7K
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