Famous quotes containing the word lay:
“When snow like sheep lay in the fold”
—Geoffrey Hill (b. 1932)
“When over Catholics the ocean rolls,
They must wait several weeks before a mass
Takes off one peck of purgatorial coals,
Because, till people know whats come to pass,
They wont lay out their money on the dead
It costs three francs for every mass thats said.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“The advantage of doing ones praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.”
—Samuel Butler (18351902)