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Famous quotes containing the word restless:

    But waste was of the essence of the scheme.
    And all the good they did for man or god
    To all those flowers they passionately trod
    Was leave as their posterity one pod
    With an inheritance of restless dream.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Now ‘tis nought
    But restless hurry through the busy air,
    Beat by unnumbered wings.
    James Thomson (1700–1748)