It was a deep love of truth that made him a subtle and searching analyst, even in what the dull world considers trifles; for he knew that nothing in literature is in itself trifling-that it is often but a hairsbreadth that divides a truism from a discovery.
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
When old Henry Ford made up his mind on any p'int a cyclone wouldn't turn him a hairsbreadth-no, nor an earthquake neither.
"Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901"
Lucy Maud Montgomery
This mildest and meekest of girls and wives was not to be moved a hairsbreadth by all argument or entreaty, or insistence on a husband's rights.
"Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901"
Lucy Maud Montgomery