(6 quotes found)
“As demure as an old whore at a christening”
Proverb
“Assent -- and you are sane -- , demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- , and handled with a Chain -- .”
Emily Dickinson
“Don't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport's green. No glass of ours was ever raised to toast The Queen.”
Seamus Heaney
“Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.”
John Milton
“You Shy, You Die!”
John Antonios
“Sober, steadfast, and demure.”
