Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings; Sole comforter to minds with grief opprest
William Drummond
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He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave
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I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
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There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
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Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace.. On much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
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He who dares not (reason), is a slave.
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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave
Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.
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The last and greatest herald of Heaven's King, / Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild.
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As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.
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