His wit, like the electric flash, spared nothing; his love for his kind would have made him the protector of everything weak, his desire to protect himself from the consequences of his truest utterances often dims the hero-halo with which his name is surrounded.
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh
It is their wheat and corn and rice, their soup and salad and dessert, their ice and their wine, for besides being their staple food, it provides casareep which preserves their meat, and piwarie which, like excellent wine, brightens life for them occasionally, or dims it if overindulged in-which is equally true of food, or companionship, or the oxygen in the air we breathe.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
"That thorn has sunk deeply into his existence, and the memory of that loss still dims his eyes with bitterness," replied Weng.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc