Famous quotes containing the word put:
“We go on dating from Cold Fridays and Great Snows; but a little colder Friday, or greater snow would put a period to mans existence on the globe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following our own reasoning, we stuff their heads with extravagance and error.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (17121778)