“We hate what subdues us yet generally choose to be lead by others.”
Mariana Fulger
“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature”
Charles Dickens
“Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.”
William Penn
“Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.”
Washington Irving
“Rudolph Valentino had an air of sadness. He wore his success gracefully, appearing almost subdued by it. He was intelligent, quiet and without vanity, and had great allure for women, but had little success with them, and those whom he married treated him rather shabbily. . . No man had greater attraction for women than Valentino; no man was more deceived by them."”
Charlie Chaplin
“PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.”
Ambrose Bierce
“My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand”
William Shakespeare
