Quotes with gloomy

  • When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that far more, and far more hideous, crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

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  • Friedrich von Schiller A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2013) 1117
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.
    The Works of Benjamin Disraeli
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • St. Francis of Assisi It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
    St. Francis of Assisi
    Italian saint, founder of the Franciscan monastic order (1182 - 1226)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Jupiter, not wanting man's life to be wholly gloomy and grim, has bestowed far more passion than reason - you could reckon the ration as twenty-four to one. Moreover, he confined reason to a cramped corner of the head and left all the rest of the body to the passions.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Carlos Ruiz Zafon Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond.
    Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    Spanish novelist (1964 - 2020)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of the church in it, looks as if it is only for people who are dead, or almost dead, who are gloomy, serious, have long faces, who have lost festivity, fun, playfulness, celebration.... A really meditative person is playful: life is fun for him.... He enjoys it tremendously. He is not serious. He is relaxed.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Billy Corgan People always called The Cure gloomy, but listening to The Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.
    Corgan, William. Interview. Playboy (1997)
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Black Hawk The pathway to glory is rough, and many gloomy hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on yours, and that you may never experience the humiliation that the power of the American government has reduced me to, is the wish of him who, in his native forests, was once as proud as you.
    The Autobiography of Black Hawk (1833)
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  • Berthold Auerbach To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.
    Berthold Auerbach
    German-Jewish writer and poet (1812 - 1882)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books, They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • C. P. Snow When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that far more, and far more hideous, crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
    Public Affairs
    C. P. Snow
    English novelist (1905 - 1980)
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  • Bayard Taylor With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies: Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, Bidding her earliest child arise; March!
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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