Prefer

Famous quotes containing the word prefer:

“I long to hear how my dear, dear, beloved Mr. Crisp does. My papa always mentions him by the name of my Flame—Indeed he is not mistaken—himself is the only man on earth I prefer to him.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)

“You prefer a woman under the earth,
you heap roses above a grave;
a woman under the earth
is safe,
a woman dead
is beloved.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.”
—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)