Subtle

Famous quotes containing the word subtle:

“Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!”
—John Milton (1608–1674)

“The half-caught smile,
the subtle little sort of differentiating
between the thing that’s said
and that’s said not;
the “have I seen you somewhere else?
forgot? impossible.””
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)