Chapter SILENCE to SING of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

SILENCE to SING

SILENCE.—So sweetly she sang, as in silence she strayed
O’er the ruins of Babylon’s towers.

Sloman.—The Maid of Judah.

Silence in love betrays more woe
Than words, though ne’er so witty;
A beggar that is dumb, you know,
May challenge double pity.

Sir Walter Raleigh.—The Silent Lover, Verse 6.

I tell you, sir, the lady is not at liberty. It’s a match. You see she says nothing. Silence gives consent.

Goldsmith.—The Good-natured Man, Act II.

You promised me your silence, and you break it
Ere I have scarce begun.

Dryden.—All for Love, Act II. Scene 1.

D’ye think a woman’s silence can be natural?

Farquhar.—The Inconstant, Act II.

Let silence close our folding-doors of speech

Carey.—Chrononhotonthologos, Scene I.

The muses were dumb while Apollo lectured.

Charles Lamb.—Letter to Barton.

SIMPLICITY.—Give me a looke, give me a face,
That makes simplicitie a grace;
Robes loosely flowing, haire as free:
Such sweet neglect more taketh me,
Than all th’ adulteries of art,
That strike mine eyes, but not my heart.

Ben Jonson.—Song in the “Silent Woman,” Act I. Scene 1. 3 Percy Rel. 222.

SIN.—A mighty man, had not some cunning sin,
Amidst so many virtues, crowded in.

Cowley.—The Davideis, Book III. Line 75.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Shakespeare.—Measure for Measure, Act II. Scene 1. (Ercalus in reference to the execution of Claudio.)

Compound for sins they are inclin’d to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Butler.—Hudibras, Canto I. Line 215.

Where lives the man that has not tried
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin?

Scott.—Bridal of Triermain, Canto I. Stanza 21.

Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urg’d! Give me my sin again.

Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Scene 5. (Romeo to her.)

SINCERITY.—Sincerity!
Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave
Thy onward path.

Home.—Douglas, Act I. Scene 1.