Quotes
Quotes about Order
Order gave each thing view.
You have displac'd the mirth, broke the good meeting,
With most admir'd disorder.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness.
There is music in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument; for there is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.
Anon they move
In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood
Of flutes and soft recorders.
And as an ev'ning dragon came,
Assailant on the perched roosts
And nests in order rang'd
Of tame villatic fowl.
And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Order is Heaven's first law.
From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
And proud his mistress' order to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But as the world, harmoniously confus'd,
Where order in variety we see,
And where, though all things differ, all agree.
"They order," said I, "this matter better in France."
To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.
In the battle off Cape St. Vincent, Nelson gave orders for boarding the "San Josef," exclaiming "Westminster Abbey, or victory!"
The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip
To haud the wretch in order;
But where ye feel your honour grip,
Let that aye be your border.
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose,--words in their best order; poetry,--the best words in their best order.
In order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel and red men scalped each other by the great lakes of North America.
Large elements in order brought,
And tracts of calm from tempest made,
And world-wide fluctuation swayed,
In vassal tides that followed thought.
The old order changeth, yielding place to new;
And God fulfils himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
O Light divine! we need no fuller test
That all is ordered well;
We know enough to trust that all is best
Where Love and Wisdom dwell.
The king can drink the best of wine--
So can I;
And has enough when he would dine--
So have I;
And can not order rain or shine--
Nor can I.
Then where's the difference--let me see--
Betwixt my lord the king and me?
Now obey thy cherished secret wish,
Embrace thy friends--leave all in order;
To port and hawser's tie no more returning,
Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!
