Handled

Famous quotes containing the word handled:

“A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.”
—Agnes Repplier (1858–1950)

“Assent—and you are sane—
Demur—you’re straightway dangerous—
And handled with a Chain—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“Men of the woods and lumberjacks,
They judged me by their appropriate tool.
Except as a fellow handled an ax,
They had no way of knowing a fool.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)