William Drummond Quotes (13 Quotes)


    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.


    Of this fair volume which we world do name If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care.

    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.

    He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.


    I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

    The last and greatest herald of Heaven's King, Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild.

    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.


    There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.

    He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

    Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world, doth live his own Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.

    Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kingsSole comforter to minds with grief opprest


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