Famous quotes containing the word held:
“A husband who submits to his wifes yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A womans influence ought to be entirely concealed.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)
“The earth is not earth but a stone,
Not the mother that held men as they fell
But stone, but like a stone, no: not
The mother, but an oppressor, but like
An oppressor that grudges them their death,
As it grudges the living that they live.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne dArc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
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