Harsh

Famous quotes containing the word harsh:

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 15:1.

“And whether life had been before that sleep
The Heaven which I imagine, or a Hell

‘Like this harsh world in which I wake to weep,
I know not.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

“For she lies panting,
drawing sharp breath,
broken with harsh sobs,
she, Hyella,
whom no god pities.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)