Bare Knuckle

Famous quotes containing the words bare and/or knuckle:

“For it is not the bare words but the scope of the writer that gives the true light, by which any writing is to be interpreted; and they that insist upon single texts, without considering the main design, can derive no thing from them clearly.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)

“What’s in the cupboard?
Says Mr. Hubbard.
A knuckle of veal,
Says Mr. Beal.”
—Unknown. What’s in the Cupboard? (L. 1–4)