Subtle

Famous quotes containing the word subtle:

“But our old subtle foe so tempteth me
That not one hour I can myself sustain.
Thy grace may wing me to prevent his art,
And thou like adamant draw mine iron heart.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)

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

“If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)