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Nibbling Quotes

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Voice, Nibbling, Done
"Aphorisms on Man" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, (c. 1788).

As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free cheese and dousing myself with scent in the perfume department.

Zoe Tapper
Nibbling, Scent, Cheese

Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the frosting on its top.

Gail Carriger
Cake, Nibbling, Lord
Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.166, Hachette UK

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