Hold

Famous quotes containing the word hold:

    As to honour—you know—it’s a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn’t theirs.
    Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)

    I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,
    A stage, where every man must play a part,
    And mine a sad one.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    And call ye this to utter what is just,
    You that of justice hold the sov’reign throne?
    And call ye this to yield, O sons of dust,
    To wronged brethren ev’ry man his own?
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm LVIII (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)