Awful Truth

Famous quotes containing the words awful and/or truth:

    When awful darkness and silence reign
    Over the great Gromboolian plain,
    Through the long, long wintry nights;—
    Edward Lear (1812–1888)

    For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)