John Ruskin
Art Critic, Writer
"There is no solemnity so deep, to a right-thinking creature, as that of dawn."
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Solemnity
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Russell Baker
Writer
"Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity."
Plutarch
Philosopher, Historian
"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"
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour."
Alfred North Whitehead
Philosopher, Mathematician
"The preternatural solemnity of a good many of the professionally religious is to me a point against them."
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"All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity."
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"Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is always dishonest."
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