"The truth I do not dare to know…" — Emily Dickinson

"The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest."

— Emily Dickinson

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362 Quotes by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson has 362 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has…
I imagine therefore I belong and am free.
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control…
Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide.
'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!
To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.
Beauty is not caused, it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides...
Besides the Autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days, A little this side of the snow, And that side of…
When everything that ticked has stopped, and space stares, all around, or grisly frosts, first autumn morns, repeal the beating…
[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb - or Dome of Worm - or Porch of Gnome - or some…
We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. — Mary Kay Ash
Dare to risk public criticism. — Mary Kay Ash
There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. — Drew Barrymore
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. — John Adams
You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. — John Barrymore
Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? — Charles Baudelaire
I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again.… — Jean Baudrillard
I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking… — John Bonham
I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you… — Bono
I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there… — Tony Abbott
There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of… — David Bowie
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. — Anne Bronte

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