Blunt Quote by John Lyly Download Open image “The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.” — John Lyly ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Blunt Edges Finest Inspirational Made
A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice. — Zoroaster Copy Share Image
A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Whetstones are not themselves able to cut, but make iron sharp and capable of cutting. — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will.” — Charles H Spurgeon Copy Share Image
These days, the Rolling Stones still have an edge, but that fangs-out ferocity has mellowed considerably. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I will perform the function of a whetstone, which is about to restore sharpness to iron, though itself unable to cut. [Lat., Fungar vice… — Horace Copy Share Image
A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper. — John Flavel Copy Share Image
“What we did not say was that with these hurts an edge was worn down. It happens out of necessity -- it would not… — Joan Wickersham Copy Share Image
The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to… — Don Shula Copy Share Image
Thou art an heyre to fayre lying, that is nothing, if thou be disinherited of learning, for better were it to thee to inherite… — John Lyly Copy Share Image
Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. — John Lyly Copy Share Image
Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate. — John Lyly Copy Share Image
To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it. — John Lyly Copy Share Image
If all the earth were paper white / And all the sea were ink / 'Twere not enough for me to write / As… — John Lyly Copy Share Image
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters:… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in being real. — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
Emily and I have some funny scenes where we quarrel and it gets quite heated, the mother-daughter relationship. You know, film mothers and daughters… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And,… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
I'm too blunt and straightforward for politics, but I'm friends with all. — Nana Patekar Copy Share Image
