Famous quotes containing the words subtle and/or knife:
“Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“I loved. And a man will guard when he loves.
Their white-gowned democracy was my fair lady.
With her knife lying cold, straight, in the softness of her sweet-flowing sleeve.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)