Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings;Sole comforter to minds with grief opprest. -Sir William Drummond

 

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


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This quote is just one of 9 total Sir William Drummond quotes in our collection. Sir William Drummond is known for saying 'Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings;Sole comforter to minds with grief opprest.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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

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

Sir William Drummond
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The last and greatest herald of Heaven's King, / Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild. -Sir William Drummond
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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

Sir William Drummond
159

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

Sir William Drummond
131
Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. -Sir William Drummond
129

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.

Sir William Drummond
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