harsh quotes

Let me see: all discourses but mine own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome.

- Ben Jonson
^10  Epicoene, act 2, sc.1.

Quelque rigueur qui loge en votre coeur, Amour s'en peut un jour rendre vainqueur. That little harshness which resides in your heart, Love will vanquish someday.

- Louise Labe 
  Ele g ies, no.1.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

- Alexander Pope
An Essay on Criticism, l.362^5.