Subduing Quotes

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
James M. Barrie

Strength, Passion, Child

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
David Hume

Reason, Reflection, Room

I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading in her footsteps.
Thomas Sydenham

Nature, Her, Might

The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was.
Mortimer Zuckerman

Great, Home, Once

It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it.
James Agee

Good, Lie, Play

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