Quotes About Solemnity

For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.

You are all that exists on the earth and under the sky that I do love.

And I love you," Kieran said. "You are all that exists on the earth and under the sky that I do love.

But God knows, I don't want anyone but you. I don't even want to want anyone but you.

Dottridge Bros valued their 'solemnity' but boasted that they could have a coffin 'of the most artistic finish' ready for thirty shillings in seven minutes. And speed was of the essence. Embalming did not become commonplace until the 1920s, so funerals took place as soon as possible.

Before Newton the English word gravity denoted a mood—seriousness, solemnity….

Loneliness is your only companion.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only.

He lingered until the 21st of July, 1796, when he expired. The interest which the death of Burns excited was intense. All differences were forgotten; his genius only was thought of. On the 26th of the same month he was conveyed to the grave, followed by about ten thousand individuals of all ranks, many of whom had come from distant parts of the country to witness the solemnity. He was interred with military honors by the Dumfries volunteers, to which body he had belonged.

Fun? There is no fun.

He trusted her because she cared for him and there was no one else.

Es saber que existe una persona que solo te ve a ti. Y que cuando te toca, no existe nadie más para él.

I've chosen … There is only you.

Joy develops into the panoramic situation of seeing or feeling the whole ground, the open ground. This open situation has no hint of limitation, of imposed solemnity. And if you do try to treat life as a "serious business," if you try to impose solemnity upon life as though everything is a big deal, then it is funny. Why such a big deal?

A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.

A pretty judge of soul, he, to be sure! a man that never laughed!

It is easier to be tranquil about existence when you recognize the pointlessness of solemnity.

But no one laughed. No one would. The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding.

O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

He picked up one of the dead bats and covered it with his handkerchief. 'Somebody's mother,' he murmured reverently.

Pero tú y yo, amor mío, estamos juntos, juntos desde la ropa a las raíces, juntos de otoño, de agua, de caderas, hasta ser sólo tú, sólo yo juntos. — Mas tu e eu, amor meu, estamos juntos, juntos desde a roupa às raízes, juntos de outono, de água, de quadris, até ser só tu, só eu juntos.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.