Pedestal

Pedestal

Pedestal (from French piédestal, Italian piedistallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase.

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Famous quotes containing the word pedestal:

    “A pedestal is as much a prison as any other small space.”
    —Anonymous Woman (c. mid–1800s)

    “Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)

    “Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.”
    —Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)