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title: "4 World Bleak Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 World Bleak quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best World Bleak sayings and thoughts."
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> [Nothing is more deadly to achievement than the belief that effort will not be rewarded, that the world is a bleak and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/nothing-is-more-deadly-to-achievement-than-the-belief-that-effort/)

[George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/george-gilder-6757_achievement_nothing-is-more-deadly-to-achievement-th_297286.jpg)

> [“A dry, bookless world. It's too bleak to even imagine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cath-crowley/a-dry-bookless-world-it-s-too-bleak-to-even-imagine/)

[Cath Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cath-crowley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/cath-crowley-1328_bleak_a-dry-bookless-world-it-s-too-bleak-to-e_510377.jpg)

> [“It's bacon. How can anything in the world seem bleak when one is eating bacon?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-quinn/it-s-bacon-how-can-anything-in-the-world-seem-bleak-when-one-is/)

[Julia Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-quinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b1/julia-quinn-282_bacon_it-s-bacon-how-can-anything-in-the-world_2317006.jpg)

> [“The world, however bleak I have found it in the last few weeks, must nonetheless be formed of goodness, if but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-barron/the-world-however-bleak-i-have-found-it-in-the-last-few-weeks-must/)

[Stephanie Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-barron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/stephanie-barron-37159_bleak_the-world-however-bleak-i-have-found-it_2938982.jpg)

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