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Sullen Quotes

And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.

1918 'Strange Meeting', collected in Poems (published1920).

In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found.

David Hume (1870). “Essays, Literary, Moral, and Political”, p.88

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

Oliver Goldsmith (1835). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life and Notes”, p.83

Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation.

Jim Butcher (2003). “Death Masks: Book five of The Dresden Files”, p.149, Penguin Group