Puff quotes
52 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whilst, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads And recks not his own read."
"Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."
"A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up."
"The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?"
"Everything I do, I want to take it to the farthest possible degree. I can't just do something the plain way. I don't cook a bowl of pasta; it has to be puff pastry swans."
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"As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you."
"Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs."
"Life is too small a container for certain individuals. Some of them, such as Alobar, huff and puff and try to expand the container. Others, such as Kudra, seek to pry the lid off and hop out."
"Holy mother of Lord Cocoa Puffs"
