Dull

Famous quotes containing the word dull:

“Robert: It’s been quite an adventure, our life together.
Jane: A great adventure, Robert. Anxious sometimes and sad. Sometimes unbelievably happy. And thank God, never dull or sordid.”
—Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935)

“Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“And ten low words oft creep in one dull line:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)