Meek

Famous quotes containing the word meek:

    “Even from the first it is meek to seek the impossible.”
    —Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    “I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “Most smiling, smooth, detested parasites,
    Courteous destroyers, affable wolves, meek bears,
    You fools of fortune, trencher-friends, time’s flies.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)