Famous quotes containing the word put:
“Since the beginning of time, three-quarters of the mental energy and of the lies inspired by vanity have been expended for their inferiors by people who are only abased by such expenditure. And Swann, who was easygoing and unaffected with a duchess, trembled at the thought of being scorned and put on airs when he was with a housemaid.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one’s own—even more, one’s own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.”
—Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980)
““Don’t touch me, please I say, don’t touch me, please.
I’ll not be put to bed by you, my man.”
“Just as you say. Have it your own way, then.
‘My man is it?’ You talk like a professor....””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)