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Quote by Dominique Bouhours

“Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding.”

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Dominique Bouhours was a French essayist born on May 15, 1628, and died on May 27, 1702. His works are known for their wit, elegance, and profound philosophical insights. more

“Every heart has a miracle to pray for. Every life holds that which only a miracle can cure. To prove that there have never been, that there can never be, miracles does not alter the matter. So long as there is something hoped for, - that does not come in the legitimate channel of possible events, - just so long will the miracle be prayed for.”

Heart Long Doe Matter Hope Events Praying Prove Miracle Cures

Book:Balcony Stories

Source: Balcony Stories

“Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.”

People Jokes Appreciate

Author:Matt Groening

“Patience! Patience! Patience is the invention of dullards and sluggards. In a well-regulated world there should be no need of such a thing as patience.”

World Needs Should Wells Patience Invention

Book:Balcony Stories

Source: Balcony Stories

“The heart and the almanac never agree about time.”

Heart Time Agree

Book:Balcony Stories

Source: Balcony Stories

“That is what they call being reconciled to die. They call it reconciled when pain has strummed a symphony of suffering back and forth across you, up and down, round and round you until each little fibre is worn tissue-thin with aching. And when you are lying beaten, and buffeted, battered and broken - pain goes out, joins hands with Death and comes back to dance, dance, dance, stamp, stamp, stamp down on you until you give up.”

Source: Frye Street & environs: the collected works of Marita Bonner

“To Death I yield, but not to Doubt, who slays before!”

Doubt Yield

Author:Edith M. Thomas

“The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand Titian more and more and learning to love him. And then there is Botticelli's sweet Madonna, with red roses behind her, standing against a blue-green sky. And Fiesole with his poignant little biblical stories, so simply told, often so glorious in their colors.”

Source: Paula Modersohn-Becker, the Letters and Journals

“I love color. It must submit to me. And I love art. I kneel before it, and it must become mine. Everything around me glows with passion. Every day reveals a new red flower, glowing, scarlet red. Everyone around me carries them. Some wear them quietly hidden in their hearts. And they are like poppies just opening, of which one can see only here and there a hint of red petal peeking out from the green bud.”

Heart Art Passion Mines Color Flower Red Green Opening Carrie Submit Here And There Hints Bud Glowing Petals Scarlet Poppies Peeking

Author:Paula Modersohn-Becker

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