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Reserved

of Reserve

Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.

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Reserved Quotations

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
Voltaire

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
Francis Bacon

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
Pythagoras

I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.
Gene Simmons

Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.
Dee Hock

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
Dante Alighieri

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
Thucydides

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
Horace

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
Jules Verne

Reserved Translations

reserved in Italian is riservato
reserved in Spanish is reservada, reservado
reserved in Swedish is sluten, reserverade

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