David Hume
Philosopher, Historian
"In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found."
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Sullen
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Robyn Hitchcock
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"The universe is based on sullen entropy; It falls apart as it goes on"
Carl Sagan
Astronomer, Astrophysicist
"Discussing the possibilities of extraterrestrial life: I would love it even if they were short, sullen, grumpy and sexually obsessed. But there just isn't any good evidence."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell."
Teresa of Avila
Saint, Mystic, Writer
"God, deliver me from sullen saints."
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"I had kept opaque Down deeper than the canyons undersea The sullen spectrum of a buried lake Nobody saw; not seen even by me."
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"From somber, serious sullen saints, save us, O Lord."
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"Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stays too long."
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"If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible."
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