And though circuitous and obscure
The feet of Nemesis how sure!
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Europe at the Play, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).William Watson
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Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find many things obscure.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
I am never needlessly obscure—I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure.
Donald Barthelme
Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name.
Vladimir Nabokov
Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, ... I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
Charles Darwin
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Sydney Smith
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