But now the clouds in airy tumult fly;
The sun, emerging, opes an azure sky;
A fresher green the smiling leaves display,
And glittering as they tremble, cheer the day. [ Parnell ]

God approves the depth, but not the tumult, of the soul. [ Wordsworth ]

The gods approve the depth, and not the tumult of the soul. [ Wordsworth ]

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

In seasons of tumult and discord, the worst men have the greatest power. [ Tac ]

Look forward a little further to the period when all the noise and tumult and business of this world shall have closed forever. [ J. G. Pike ]

Everything falls and is effaced. A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet, so much tumult on the surface! [ Victor Hugo ]

In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud an heroic deed. [ T. W. Higginson ]

The early months of marriage often are times of critical tumult, - whether that of a shrimp pool or of deeper water, - which afterwards subside into cheerful peace. [ George Eliot ]

We enter our studies, and enjoy a society which we alone can bring together. We raise no jealousy by conversing with one in preference to another; we give no offence to the most illustrious by questioning him as long as we will, and leaving him as abruptly. Diversity of opinion raises no tumult in our presence: each interlocutor stands before us, speaks or is silent, and we adjourn or decide the business at our leisure. [ Landor ]