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Terrible Things Quotes

That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it becomes to finish it.

That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it becomes to finish it.

Paul Cézanne, Alberto Giacometti, Felix Andreas Baumann, Poul Erik Tøjner, Tobia Bezzola (2008). “Cézanne & Giacometti: paths of doubt”, Hatje Cantz Pub

For the truth is a terrible thing.

Robert Penn Warren (2006). “All the King's Men”, p.516, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

What a terrible thing life can be.

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.79, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.

"Taking it seriously". Interview with Libby Brooks, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2000.

A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.

Christopher Hitchens (2011). “Arguably”, p.37, Atlantic Books Ltd

Guilt's a terrible thing.

Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1816). “The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir”, p.471