“ There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession. ”
- Daniel Webster- Copy
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“ Don't play for safety — it's the most dangerous thing in the world. ”
- Sir Hugh Walpole- Copy
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“ Silence is the sanctuary of the prudent, it conceals not only secrets but also imperfections. ”
- Zacharia- Copy
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“ Pride in their port, defiance in their eye I see the Lords of human kind pass by. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
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“ If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
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“ The place where optimism flourishes the most is the lunatic asylum. ”
- Havelock Ellis- Copy
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“ I have always suspected that correctness is the last refuge of those who have nothing to say. ”
- Friedrich Wasiman- Copy
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“ Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ There is really nothing more to say except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how. ”
- Toni Morrison- Copy
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“ Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people but if we tried to shut up the insane we would run out of building materials. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it. ”
- J. Lubbock- Copy
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“ Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ My home…It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
- 2K
“ Time... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages. ”
- Irene Peter- Copy
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