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Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.


James Russell Lowell

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Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Blessed is he who, having nothing to say, refrained from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
UNKNOWN O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And i...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
UNKNOWN People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
PUCK MAGAZINE Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
GEORGE ELIOT Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
GEORGE ELIOT Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
FLORENCE KING Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
GEORGE ELIOT Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.
GEORGE ELIOT Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be dissapointed! -Unknown.
UNKNOWN Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who hav...
ROBERT FROST Jealousy is a serious disease, that reflects who people are when others are achieving great things. ...
DE PHILOSOPHER DJ KYOSS Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.
L.M. MONTGOMERY I looked out for what the metropolitan reviewers would have to say. They seemed to fall into two cla...
MAX BEERBOHM Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who...
ROBERT FROST I have found that the people who don't like contracts because they say contracts show lack of trust ...
MARIA BROPHY Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
BILAL SAIF We all must learn that in some cases there is something much worse than saying the wrong thing; that...
RICHARD BELLZON Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ...
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ...
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ...
FRANCIS OF ASSISI Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand.
LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS That's what I want to invoke on them. This is bigger than them and it is sport and it's a chain of e...
RICK SAY They looked at the videotape because of Kali, but I guess they liked the other boys. Same thing happ...
WENDELL SAY Doubt the people that say who they are and believe in the people who tell you who they want to be.
ANDONI GARCIA I cannot say who is better between Messi and Ronaldo. Because they are different players. Both are s...
ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.
KEVIN BACON Needless to say we had nothing to do with that. We are wondering who did it.
ALBERTO MARTINEZ Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile....
RICHARD C. ARMITAGE Of those who say nothing, few are silent.
THOMAS NEILL Of those who say nothing, few are silent.
THOMAS NEIL A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James...
JAMES BALDWIN Be careful with the ones who say nothing!
ASCETIC ANGEL They cannot make it say what they want it to say. And this is the beginning and the end of the case ...
CLIFFORD LONGLEY When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.
MATTHEW PRIOR There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL People who say it can't be done, end up bragging I knew it would work. They know nothing about every...
BRYAN INDIGO The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others have too high a price
WALTER LIPPMANN A bore is a man who has nothing to say and says it anyway.
SOURCE UNKNOWN People are not who they say but rather who their actions reveal them to be....Be smart about it. Don...
ZIAD K. ABDELNOUR And those who disbelieve say concerning those who believe: If it had been a good, they would not hav...
QURAN People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or t...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.
JAMES H BOREN You say you nothing owe, and so I say; He only owes, who has something to pay
PROVERB Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
CAMILLE PISSARRO Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing
CAMILLE PISSARRO Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, a...
D. H. (DAVID HERBERT) LAWRENCE Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, a...
D. H. LAWRENCE Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say,...
D H LAWRENCE Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, a...
D.H. LAWRENCE What you do, say, and have reveal who you are.
LORRIN L. LEE They talk most who have the least to say.
MATTHEW PRIOR My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
TAMARA MELLON Suicide thought is a negative force that needs to be overcome with a positive force,positive thinkin...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Suicide is an option for the unwise,but for the wise suicide has got no room to be given an option.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Suicide is never the solution to life's problems but hope.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) When the mind is filled with positivity the thoughts of suicide becomes virtually non existing.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and con...
DAISAKU IKEDA Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need pare...
BARBARA COLOROSO There are two kinds of men who never amount to much -- those who cannot do what they are told and th...
CYRUS H. K CURTIS There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and tho...
CYRUS H. CURTIS There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and thos...
CYRUS H. CURTIS There are two kinds of people who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and ...
CYRUS CURTIS Blessed are those who eat greens, for they shall keep their teeth. Blessed are those who wash their ...
DIANA GABALDON Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to sa...
D. H. LAWRENCE Who you are when you have no power to say anything, and who you become when you have power to say ev...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR People who talk much say nothing.
SOURCE UNKNOWN In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.
JOHN C. MAXWELL sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself ca...
HERMAN MELVILLE Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it
MUSLIH-UDDIN SADI Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
SA'DI I have always suspected that correctness is the last refuge of those who have nothing to say.
FRIEDRICH WASIMAN The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.
ERNIE ALLEN Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unles...
DALE CARNEGIE I had nothing to say to these strangers, whoever or whatever they were.
CATHERINE LACEY Life takes action. Pessimists say it can't be done so they do nothing. Optimists say it will be done...
THOMAS J. POWELL Of course, some opposition members who failed in the elections, or some who did not take part in the...
JALAL TALABANI Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom wh...
KURT VONNEGUT Nothing feels more satisfying than to say the truth to someone who hates to hear it.
OUSSAMA HEDHLI I have nothing to say, and I'll only say it once
FLOYD SMITH You know how when people lose their grandma or grandpa, people they say they're sorry? They do m...
AMAURY NOLASCO Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRé GIDE And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
MATTHEW PRIOR Needless to say, James and Dee didn't seem to be too carried away or emotional. They were just busin...
ROY WILLIAMS You know what they say? They say, 'The print media is dying' - who says that? Well, the medi...
PATRICK CHAPPATTE I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ...
NEIL GAIMAN Women who marry men they don't love or aren't attracted to, men who are older, unattractive or unlov...
GYPSY ROSE LEE Some might say that sunshine follows thunderGo and tell it to the man who cannot shineSome might say...
NOEL GALLAGHER It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and t...
JACOB BRONOWSKI It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and t...
CHARLOTTE BRONTE It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and th...
CHARLOTTE BRONTE It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and t...
CHARLOTTE BRONTË It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and th...
CHARLOTTE BRONTE The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived b...
ERIC HOFFER The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived b...
ERIC HOFFER We are so blessed to be on this street and have my family here. I just want to say I have the most i...
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JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the f...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge: All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I ...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot b...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mi...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And i...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and ...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL All kin' o' smily round the lips, / An' teary round the lashes.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which n...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope and peace
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Light is the symbol of truth
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in ma...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Thet tells the story! Thet's wut we shall git By tryin' squirtguns on the burnin' Pit; For th...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Sence I've ben here, I've hired a chap to look about for me, To git me a transplantable an' thrift...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Not caring, so that sumpter-horse, the back Be hung with gaudy trappings, in what course Yea, ...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him: there is always work, And tool...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, th...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is ...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text; And embryo good, to reach ful...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL The shadow of a mighty name.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Patience revels in misfortunes.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL