Dull Quotes

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Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an… — William Shenstone
Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is appallingly monotonous, religion must be emotional, dramatic and intense. Without… — C. Northcote Parkinson
The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into… — Eric Hoffer
Java development without a little heresy would be a dull place, and a dangerous one. — Unknown Author
For I am every dead thing In whom love wrought new alchemy For his art did express A quintessence even from nothingness, From dull privations,… — John Donne
Dull sublunary lovers' love (Whose soul is sense) cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove Those things which elemented it. — John Donne
Let us not be afraid to be humble, small, helpless to prove our love for God. The cup of water you give the sick, the… — Mother Teresa
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and Jill a wealthy widow. — Evan Esar
White performances were always dull in comparison to the astonishing expressiveness of Black dancers. Behind the white person's inarticulate body were centuries of condemnation of… — Jamake Highwater
When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a… — Julia Cameron
A vase of flowers or greens will bring even a dull hotel room to life in the most delightful way. The small amount of trouble… — Dorothy Draper
The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt they owe to shame; Buy… — John Greenleaf Whittier
The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love… — E. Nesbit
Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it "dull" that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant,… — Jack Handey
Like a Volvo, Bjorn Borg is rugged, has good after-sales service, and is very dull. — Clive James
Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling. — William Shakespeare
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… — Henry David Thoreau
There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a dull… — Daniel J. Boorstin
How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd… — John Milton
Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness… — A. E. Housman
But the more I read... after awhile... I begin to find they were all writing about the same thing, this same dull old here-today-gone-tomorrow scene...… — Ken Kesey
It's important to hold something back, though, because quite frankly my personal life is pretty dull and I don't want to bore people with it. — Matt Lucas
The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this… — John Milton
The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one… — Swami Vivekananda
The Invitation, To Tom Highes What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when… — Charles Kingsley

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