Famous quotes containing the word pious:
“[Hawthorne’’s] pious blame is a chuckle of praise all the while.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“There, full in notes, to ravish all
My Earth, I wonder what to call
My dullness; when
I heare thee, prettie Creature, bring
Thy better odes of Praise, and Sing,
To puzzle men:
Poore pious Elfe!
I am instructed by thy harmonie,
To sing the Time’s uncertaintie,
Safe in my Selfe.”
—George Daniel (1616–1657)
“In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past—a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)