Awful Truth

Famous quotes containing the words awful and/or truth:

    “struggled scarce—
    Consented, and was dead—

    And We—We placed the Hair—
    And drew the Head erect—
    And then an awful leisure was
    Belief to regulate—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “I am sorry to think that you do not get a man’s most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)