“Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too!” QuietRoseReposeSprayYew Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)
“The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose.” GivingSoulQuietCalmReposePresence Of God Book:Spiritual Progress Source: Spiritual Progress
“I repose in this quiet and secluded spot not from any natural preference for solitude, but finding other cemeteries limited as to race by charter rules, I have chosen this that I might illustrate in my death the principles which I advocated through a long life: EQUALITY OF MAN BEFORE HIS CREATOR.” MenLongMightNaturalRacePrinciplesSolitudeQuietFindingsCreatorChosenSpotsPreferenceLong LifeReposeCemeteryCharterSecludedEquality Of Man Author:Thaddeus Stevens
“There is a quiet repose and steadiness about the happiness of age, if the life has been well spent. Its feebleness is not painful. The nervous system has lost its acuteness. But, in mature years we feel that a burn, a scald, a cut, is more tolerable than it was in the sensitive period of youth.” IfsFeelsYearsWellsHas BeensAgeLostCuttingYouthPeriodsQuietPainfulNervousSensitiveMatureReposeNervous SystemTolerableSteadiness Author:William Hazlitt
“The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge that the Senate of the United States might possibly improve its manners. Perhaps in our desire for simplicity, absence of title, or badge of office we may have thrown over too much.” MayMadeStatesGovernmentMightDesireHouseUnitedRoomsLordUnited StatesToo MuchSceneQuietOfficeDignitySimplicityArchitectureAbsenceMannersTitlesAcknowledgeThrownSenateMagnificentReposeBadgesHouse Of Lords Author:M. E. W. Sherwood