Perseverance subdues difficulties. [ J. Kay ]

Music exalts each joy, allays each grief.
Expels diseases, softens every pain,
Subdues the rage of poison and of plague. [ Armstrong ]

He who surpasses or subdues mankind
Must look down on the hate of those below. [ Byron ]

Who is strong? He who subdues his passions. [ Talmud ]

On wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong. [ Pope ]

He who subdues his anger conquers his greatest enemy. [ Proverb ]

Time sooner or later vanquishes love; friendship alone subdues time. [ Mme. d'Arconville ]

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding. [ Hume ]

Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding. Happily, this pitch it seldom attains. [ Hume ]