The French Revolution is merely the herald of a far greaterand much more solemn revolution, whichwill be the last† The hour has come for founding the Republic of equalsöthat great refuge open to every man.

-Babeuf, Fran c° ois Noe«  l
Conjuration des EŁ   gaux.

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Deuteronomy 33:27.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 46:1^2.

Because thou hast made the L, which is my refuge, even the most high, thy habitation.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDPsalms 91:9.

Bemercifuluntome,OGod, be mercifuluntome, for my soul trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over-past.

-Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 57:1.

Lord, thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.

-Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 90:1^2.

England is a great and powerful nation, foremost in human progress, enemy to despotism, the only safe refuge for the exile, friend of the oppressed. If ever England should be so circumstanced as to require the help of anyally, cursed be the Italian who would not step forward with me in her defence.

-Garibaldi, Giuseppe
  Letter,12  Apr.

Luftslotter,öde er safi   nemme at ty o‹  u" nd i, de.Og nemme at bygge ogsafi  . Castles intheairötheyare so easy totake refuge in. And so easy to build, too.

-Ibsen, HenrikJohan
  Bygmester Solness (The Master Builder), act 3.

   Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson
  Remark,7  Apr. Collected in  James Boswell  The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.2.

But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the soul its caprice, surely Paradise shall be the refuge.

-The Koran
Sura 79, l.40.

God is our refuge and our strength, in straits a present aid; Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid.

-Scottish Metrical Psalms
  Psalm 46:1^2.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

-Shaw, George Bernard
  Waiter.You Never CanTell, act 2.

Compassed round by pleasure, sighed For independent happiness; craving peace, The central feeling of all happiness, Not as a refuge from distress or pain, A breathing-time, vacation, or a truce, But for its absolute self.

-Wordsworth,William
  'The Excursion', bk.3, l.380^5.