Thy boist'rous locks, no worthy match For valour to assail, nor by the sword * * * * * * But by the barber's razor best subdued.
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A general Dissolution of Principles & Manners will more surely overthrow the Liberties of America than the whole Force of the Common Enemy. While the People are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their Virtue they will be ready to surrender their Liberties to the first external or internal Invader. How necessary then is it for those who are determin'd to transmit the Blessings of Liberty as a fair Inheritance to Posterity, to associate on publick Principles in Support of publick Virtue.
Samuel AdamsMy galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue!) An horrid chasm disclosed.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
washington irvingThese European White Men, then, with civilization in their blood and in their destiny, crossed the Atlantic and set up a new civilization on a bleak and rock bound coast. It was the White Men who drove north to Alaska and west to California; the men who opened up the tropics and subdued the Arctics; the men who mastered the African Veldts; the men who peopled Australia and seized the gates of the world at Suez, Gibraltar and Panama.
ben klassenNo evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
The sitting room is subdued, symmetrical; it’s one of the shapes money takes when it freezes.
margaret atwoodArt is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace The features of the mother's face, Her aspect and her attitude, All her majestic loveliness Chastened and softened and subdued Into a more attractive grace, And with a human sense imbued. He is the greatest artist, then, Whether of pencil or of pen, Who follows Nature.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAgitprop :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:; sticks :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:; in my teeth too, and I'd rather :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; compose :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; romances for you – more profit in it :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:;:;:; and more charm. But I :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; subdued :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; myself, :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:;:; setting my heel on the throat :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; :;:;:;:; of my own song.
vladimir mayakovskyA sacred spark created by his breath, The immortal mind of man his image bears; A spirit living 'midst the forms of death, Oppressed, but not subdued, by mortal cares.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
He is unaffected by Karma , although engaged in action, who has yoked himself to the way of Yoga , whose mind is purified, whose self has triumphed and whose senses have been subdued, and whose self has, indeed, become the self of all beings. Although acting he remains unaffected by Karma .
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely, but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme: of one, whose hand Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away, Richer than all his tribe: of one, whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.
The dogs had eaten the upholstery of a Packard convertible that afternoon, and were consequently somewhat subdued.
Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride; the phlegmatic emerged from indolence; and the melancholy who has dismissed avarice, suspicion and asperity.
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