Quotes by Solemnity The preternatural solemnity of a good many of the professionally religious is to me a point against them. Alfred North Whitehead solemnitygood-manreligious Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. Ambrose Bierce solemnitydegreesfound Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is always dishonest. Gilbert K. Chesterton solemnityhonesthonesty We must bear in recollection that the sentiment of the picture is that of solemnity, not gaiety & nothing garish, but the contrary - yet it must be bright, clear, alive fresh, and all the front seen. John Constable solemnityalivebears Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship. John Milton solemnitywondermay There is no solemnity so deep, to a right-thinking creature, as that of dawn. John Ruskin solemnitydawnthinking He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour. Marcus Tullius Cicero craftyrecommendationssolemnity What is bigger than an elephant? But this also is become man's plaything, and a spectacle at public solemnities; and it learns to skip, dance, and kneel Plutarch solemnityelephantsmen Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity. Russell Baker cautionsolemnitymay All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity. Theaster Gates solemnitykindpractice
