The Noise

Examples

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. [It] has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. John Cheever

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. Oscar Wilde

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. Edmund Burke

The smith's dog sleeps at the noise of the hammer, and wakes at the grinding of teeth. Spanish Proverb

You can't blame the axe for the noise made by the chicken you are about to slaughter. Madagascan Proverb

The noise produced by frogs in the well can't stop an elephant from drinking. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

The Night Before the night before last the night is young the North The North of Ireland the northern united states