#tame

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ↗

— Washington Irving

#above #great minds #little #little minds #minds

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight. ↗

— Gertrude Jekyll

#bare #beauty #cannot #delight #give

I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see. ↗

— Joan Jett

#anyplace #band #does #even #everything

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#dedicate #gentle #greeks #let us #life

You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#responsible #rose #tamed #you #your

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.' ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#forever #forget #forgotten #fox #men

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#forever #responsible #tamed #you

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#any #earthly #force #old #old woman

The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times. ↗

— Philip Schaff

#design #distinguishes #earlier #later #literary