Top 10 Solemnity Quotes

There is no solemnity so deep, to a right-thinking creature, as that of dawn.

There is no solemnity so deep, to a right-thinking creature, as that of dawn.

Thinking, Dawn, Solemnity

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

May, Wonder, Solemnity

'Comus' (1637) l. 745

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

Russell Baker

May, Solemnity, Caution

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

Bears, Alive, Solemnity

John Constable (1966). “John Constable's Correspondence”

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

Ambrose Bierce

Degrees, Solemnity, Found

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.7, University of Georgia Press

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

Men, Elephants, Solemnity

Plutarch (1898). “Plutarch's Miscellanies and Essays”