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«Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.»
«Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.»
«Tenderness is the repose of Passion»
«LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system --an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly useful in rural festivities to support plates of cold chicken and heads of adult males. The male of our species has a rudimentary lap, imperfectly developed and in no way contributing to the animal's substantial welfare.»
«There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel»
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox | About: Strength | Keywords: apparel, appareled, repose
«That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger--not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.»
«Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.»
«Kings are like stars, - they rise and set, they have - The worship of the world, but no repose»
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley (Poet) | About: Victory | Keywords: repose
«Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Boredom | Keywords: repose
«Our foster-nurse of nature is repose»

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