Famous quotes containing the words big, oak and/or flat:
“However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.”
—Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (16361711)
“Below me trees unnumbered rise,
Beautiful in various dyes:
The gloomy pine, the poplar blue,
The yellow beech, the sable yew,
The slender fir that taper grows,
The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.”
—John Dyer (16991758)
“They are not flat surfaces
Having curved outlines.
They are round
Tapering toward the top.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
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