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«I praise loudly, I blame softly»
Author: Catherine the Great
| About:
Praise
| Keywords:
blame, loudly, praise, softly, very loudly, very softly
«[Speak softly]Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper.»
«And in a chair well-knownMy mother sat, and did not tireWith reading all alone.If I should make the slightest soundTo show that I'm awake,She'd rise, and lap the blankets round,My pillow softly shake;Kiss me, and turn my face to seeThe shadows on the wall,And then sing Rousseau's Dream to me,Till fast asleep I fall.»
Author: William Allingham
(Man of letter, Poet)
| Keywords:
blankets, chair, fast asleep, lap, pillow, Rousseau, slightest, softly, sound asleep, The Shadows, The Wall, tire, well known
«But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.»
Author: William Butler Yeats
(Dramatist, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Dreams,
Poverty
| Keywords:
softly, spread, tread-softly, tread, tread on, very softly
«Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
| Keywords:
avoid, hit, hitting, honorably, softly, very softly
«And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.»
«And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.»
«In the midst of the word he was trying to say / In the midst of his laughter and glee, / He had softly and suddenly vanished away - / For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.»
«Fair and softly goes far.»
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
| Keywords:
softly
«I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly because you tread on my dreams.»
Author: William Butler Yeats
(Dramatist, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
softly, spread, tread-softly, tread, tread on, very softly
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