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Letter "D" » dull
«Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story»
Author: Max Ehrman
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About:
Truth
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Keywords:
and the,
Another Story,
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even,
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others,
quietly,
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their,
too,
truth
«Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.»
«The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.»
«The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.»
«Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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About:
Silence
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Keywords:
balm,
chagrin,
disappointment,
discourses,
discoursing,
dull,
refuge,
satiety,
sequel,
The Discourses,
universal,
welcome
«We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull»
«War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
War
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Keywords:
dull,
dulled,
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dullest,
dulling,
dulls,
interesting,
likely,
moon,
poet,
The Moon
«To the dull mind nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Burns,
dull,
dulled,
duller,
dullest,
dulling,
dulls,
illumine,
illumined,
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leaden,
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«The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils, The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted: - Mark the m»
Author: William Shakespeare
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Dramatist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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Keywords:
affections,
Concord,
dull,
Erebus,
m,
mark,
motions,
moved,
Ms.,
Ms,
sounds,
spoils,
stratagem,
stratagems,
The M,
trusted
«Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.»