Edges Quote by Herman Melville Download Open image “Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.” — Herman Melville ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Edges Ragged Truth
Truth! why shall every wretch of letters Dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, Nor mutter accents of reproof;… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
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Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Our relationship with truth is fundamental but cracked, refracting confusingly like fragmented glass.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Truth is a straight line you sometimes need to curve, you should know that by now.” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Yet this is life. For hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world's vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
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What's the difference between obsolete and cutting edge? Obsolete works. — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
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To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death. — Toshihiko Seko Copy Share Image
I had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same Meeter Ballad-mongers: I had rather heare a Brazen Candlestick turn'd,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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