Famous quotes containing the word pious:
“In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past—a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
“[Hawthorne’’s] pious blame is a chuckle of praise all the while.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines.”
—William M. Evarts (1818–1901)