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Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. — Henry David Thoreau

The jaws' hooked clamp and fangs Not to be changed at this date; A life subdued to its instrument. — Ted Hughes

The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right. — Naomi Wolf

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. — Abraham Lincoln

Tracy Morgan is subdued. I'm cool. I'm chilled out. — Tracy Morgan

Stolid pack-animals are much more fit for carrying loads than thoroughbred horses: who ever subdued their noble speed with a heavy burden? — Seneca.

Feeling my own humiliation in my heart like the sharp prick of a needle. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. — William Shakespeare

an overcast luminance, a subdued warmth — Janet Watts

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand. — William Shakespeare

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. — Jean Rostand

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement. — Jil Sander

Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanors, and faith quickly becomes cruel if is not subdued by certain doubts. — Amin Maalouf

Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner. — John Newton

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form. — Allen Tate

While doubt cannot be expelled, it can be subdued. — Richard Baxter

I like it subdued and tepid, with far to much milk — Andi James Chamberlain

I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera. — Cilla Black

It struck her, this was tragedy
not palls, dust, and the shroud; but children coerced, their spirits subdued. — Virginia Woolf

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China. — Nick Lampson

We [Muslims] have to be above you. You [Americans] have to be subdued. No regrets. No remorse. — Zacarias Moussaoui

Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider. — Harold Bloom

This pure little drop from a pure little source was too sweet: it penetrated deep, and subdued the heart — Charlotte Bronte

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. — Washington Irving

Subdued. Maybe that was what depression dipped in false cheer looked like. — Alessandra Torre

Even idiots can grow up a little bit. It should be a bit more subdued ... The first celebration should be subdued, and the fourth one should be crazy. — Theo Epstein

The sunset of all emotions, myself yellowing, subdued to grey sadness in my external self-awareness — Pessoa

The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color. — Beatrice Wood

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force. — Robert Kennedy

Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself. — Johann Gottfried Herder

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. — Charles Caleb Colton

I read and feel that same compulsion; the desire to possess what he has written, which can only be subdued by writing something myself. — Patti Smith

The Western hero, subdued by kisses and the mere tease of rope. — Rachel Kramer Bussel

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued. — Albert Pike

He can see us, said the angel who had been gesturing so pointedly. His voice was subdued but seemed to reach my ears effortlessly and gently. — Anne Rice

If you are a follower of Jesus Christ , then the world around you will also be subdued — Sunday Adelaja

Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it. — Bertrand Russell

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You have a terrible beauty that scares me - a fierce defiance that won't be subdued - not that i want to tame you - I don't - I like to look ... — John Geddes

The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him. — Ibn Taymiyyah

Some Kentucky fans are a little more subdued. — Ashley Judd

Shut out from the world with its blare and glare, life in an institution moves softly. The ears become attuned to gentle notes and a subdued tone. — Mary B. Harris

Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them. — Washington Irving

The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued. — Alan Ball

Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons. — Laozi

Alex said, his voice subdued, tense. "So it would seem," D.D. — Lisa Gardner

While the official productivity data look impressive, alternative measures that are equally reasonable show a much more subdued picture. — Jan Hatzius

Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them. — Washington Irving

mean anything." She seemed subdued, sad. — Peter Benchley