Victor Hugo

In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English.

French Author

Toussaint Louverture

Mastered by deadly passions, Rigaud has dug a gulf at your feet; he has laid snares which you could not avoid. He wished to have you as partisans in his revolt; and to succeed in his object, he has employed falsehood and seduction.

Haitian Leader

Lester B. Pearson

A great gulf, however, has been opened between man's material advance and his social and moral progress, a gulf in which he may one day be lost if it is not closed or narrowed.

Canadian Politician

Nicky Morgan

Divides between north and south, towns and cities, between urban and rural areas, cause people to experience a gulf in quality of life and future prospects.

British Politician

Norman Schwarzkopf

This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it.

American General

Richard M. Nixon

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

American President

Patrick Campbell

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.

Irish Journalist

Walter Scott

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

Scottish Novelist

Elizabeth Joan Smith

There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.

Clifford Geertz

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.

American Scientist

Some gulfs are smaller and can be similar to bays, especially in common usage.

Not Always Large

Picture a gulf as an arm of a sea or ocean reaching into the land, but not fully enclosed.

Enclosed by Land

Gulfs are often given names that may reflect history, nearby countries, or distinctive features.

Distinctive Names

As a metaphor, 'gulf' describes things that are hard to bridge or reconcile, not just physical gaps.

Metaphorical Use

Often used to discuss disparities in wealth, status, or opportunity in society.

Socioeconomic Contexts

Think of 'gulf' as a strong word suggesting a vast or significant difference.

Figurative Language

 to try to do a little bit to transform the lives of people affected by mental illness, and a particularly critical action that I focused on is to bridge the gulf between the knowledge we have that can transform lives, the knowledge of effective treatments, and how we actually use that knowledge in the everyday world.

Mental Health for All by...

 You have a fantastic ear. Everybody has a fantastic ear. So nobody is tone-deaf. But I tell you what. It doesn't work for me to go on with this thing, with such a wide gulf between those who understand, love and are passionate about classical music, and those who have no relationship to it at all.

The transformative power...

 across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. There is great confusion when the two look at each other. Art, of course, looks at the world through the psyche, the emotions -- the unconscious at times -- and of course the aesthetic.

James Balog: Time-lapse...

 who are struggling with postpartum depression and psychosis? Well, despite all of this promise, unfortunately the gulf between our fields remains large. To explain it, I'm afraid I'm going to have to air some dirty laundry.

Barbara Natterson-Horowit...

 even traveling at the fastest speed, the speed of light, will not be able to overcome the ever-widening gulf between us. So astronomers in the far future looking out into deep space will see nothing but an endless stretch

Why is our universe...

 to my surprise, they were around my age, but the gulf that was between us was vast. It was like we were in two completely different worlds. And so as I contemplated all of this and looked at what was happening,

Jeffrey Brown: How we...

 most of the time art and science stare at each other across a gulf of mutual in comprehension there is great confusion when the two look at each other art of course looks at the world through the psyche the

Time-lapse proof of...

 when swarms invade we are inevitably separated by an invisible barrier created by our different senses and perceptions swarms may share our world but the gulf between us couldn't be greater

The Man Who Can Control...

 down towards the gulf of california on route more than a dozen dams reservoirs and some of the longest water canals in the world serve seven states in the and two in mexico

The Water Crisis PIPE...

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