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dull
Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him. James Bryce
dull holiday human knowledge material natural pursuit rather reckless voyage
The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls. Archibald Hill
dull fabulous hard laughed observed travel-and-tourism travelers
We travelers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic. Mary Montagu
dull dictionary
To make dictionaries is dull work. Samuel Johnson
dull lots
I really have no idea why they are all crashing. There are just lots of rolls. There's never a dull moment, which makes it more challenging. Libby Ludlow
dull may praying
O Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least things. May we dignify all our daily life. May we set such a sacredness upon every part of our life, that nothing shall be trivial, nothing unimportant, and nothing dull, in the daily round. Henry Ward Beecher
dull plagiarism sermons
All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons! Henry Ward Beecher
dull lasts politician
For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers. Gilbert K. Chesterton
dull failing vain
If we fail to interest, whether because we are dull and heavy, or because our hearers are so, we teach in vain. John Lancaster Spalding
failing further hurt
He just wouldn't study. Then he'd get these failing grades, and that would further hurt his self-esteem. Terri Johnson
failing worthwhile asks
The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing. Richard Ford
failing lord confession
In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You. Saint Augustine
failing
The more you fail in private, the less you will fail in public. Twyla Tharp
failing giving half ourselves penalties pressure
I'm disappointed because we put ourselves under a lot of pressure giving away too many penalties in the first half and failing to take our opportunities in the second. Brian Ashton
failing intellect conscience
The intellect has only one failing, which, to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience. James Russell Lowell
failing
I'm single and looking and failing miserably. I'm keeping my options open. Katie Leung
failing
As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their wisdom, their humor, their failings. Marty Nemko
failing
You keep on going if you fail. Laura Ramsey
vain theory physicist
I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists. Robin Ince
vain let-me
Whilst I yet live, let me not live in vain. Joseph Addison
vain stairs ask-me
To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again. Mary Howitt
vain
Who talks much, must talk in vain. John Gay
vain
One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the "No. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
vain
And weep the more, because I weep in vain. Thomas Gray
vain lost smallest
Even our smallest attempts are not in vain. We know that nothing is lost. Swami Vivekananda
vain profanity betray
Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker. Philip Sidney
vain elsewhere repose
Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere. Hosea Ballou