What does overquietness mean?
Overquietness means Excessive quietness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Excessive quietness..
To strenuous minds there is an inquietude in overquietness, and no laboriousness in labour; and to tread a mile after the slow pace of a snail […] were a most tiring pennance, and worse than a race of some furlongs at the Olympicks.
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Overquietness means Excessive quietness..
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To strenuous minds there is an inquietude in overquietness, and no laboriousness in labour; and to tread a mile after the slow pace of a snail […] were a most tiring pennance, and worse than a race of some furlongs at the Olympicks.
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