Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poet, Novelist
"We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake."
Rakes quotes
Rakes
18 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Martin Buber
Philosopher
"You can rake the muck this way, rake the muck that way-- it will always be muck. Have I sinned or have I not sinned? In the time I am brooding over it, I could be stringing pearls for the delight of Heaven"
Joe Hill
Labor Activist, Songwriter
"If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all."
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