#solemn

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality. ↗

— Mathieu Kerekou

#i #like #poverty #reaffirm #solemnly

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#because #become #both #death #good

The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#america #become #citizen #each #fundamental

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#again #apologise #being #dimension #enough

I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#enigma #i #masses #mystery #poet

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#dust #forgets #gloom #god #out

It was so close to October that Halloween was knocking at his heart. ↗

— Barry Eysman

#gothic #horror #love #november-solemn #love

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#humorous #solemnity #humor

One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before. ↗

— Phoebe Cary

#been #before #comes #ever #home

Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#broken #doubt #expectancy #flowery #hesitation