Careful Words

quiet (n.)

quiet (v.)

quiet (adv.)

quiet (adj.)

And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet,

Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.

John Milton (1608-1674): Il Penseroso. Line 45.

The holy time is quiet as a nun

Breathless with adoration.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): It is a beauteous Evening.

  And upon all that are lovers of virtue, and dare trust in his Providence, and be quiet and go a-angling.

Izaak Walton (1593-1683): The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 21.

Truth hath a quiet breast.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3.

A peace above all earthly dignities,

A still and quiet conscience.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Touch us gently, Time!

Let us glide adown thy stream

Gently,—as we sometimes glide

Through a quiet dream.

Bryan W Procter (1787-1874): Touch us gently, Time.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet;

In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1690-1762): A Summary of Lord Lyttelton's Advice.

Anything for a quiet life.

  The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): Polite Conversation. Dialogue ii.

  The chief-justice was rich, quiet, and infamous.

Thomas B Macaulay (1800-1859): On Warren Hastings. 1841.

An elegant sufficiency, content,

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,

Ease and alternate labour, useful life,

Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!

James Thomson (1700-1748): The Seasons. Spring. Line 1158.

  Study to be quiet.

New Testament: 1 Thessalonians iv. 11.

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto iii. Stanza 42.

Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail

Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt,

Dispraise, or blame,—nothing but well and fair,

And what may quiet us in a death so noble.

John Milton (1608-1674): Samson Agonistes. Line 1721.