Quotes About Muffle

The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore - on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium.

The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.

Normally Lucybelle wouldn't suffer a fool like this for a second, but tonight she sipped her drink and took refuge in the boredom of his soliloquy, wanting the dull patter to muffle her disturbing thoughts. They broke free anyway, her thoughts, flew overhead like a flock of anxious birds, darting here and there, checking the ceiling and corners for danger.

The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.

And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.

We tell each other stories to muffle the surprise of disappointment.

The argument was wilful, The alternatives untrue, We need no metaphysics To sanction what we do Or to muffle us in comfort From what we did not do.

I love the way Dorothy Sayers described the wild side of His personality. To do them justice, the people who crucified Jesus did not do so because he was a bore. Quite the contrary; he was too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have declawed the lion of Judah and made Him a housecat for pale priests and pious old ladies.9