Ancient Oaks

Famous quotes containing the words ancient and/or oaks:

    We Irish, born into that ancient sect
    But thrown upon this filthy modern tide
    And by its formless spawning fury wrecked,
    Climb to our proper dark, that we may trace
    The lineaments of a plummet-measured face.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    He that depends
    Upon your favors swims with fins of lead,
    And hews down oaks with rushes.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)