Palpable

Famous quotes containing the word palpable:

“Here’s a good world the while! Who is so gross
That cannot see this palpable device?
Yet who’s so bold but says he sees it not.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.”
—Agnes Repplier (1858–1950)

“the quicksilver art
Throws back the invisible but lightning mass
To inhabit the room; for I have seen it part
The palpable air....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)