Black Beard

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or beard:

“Long sibilant-muscled trees
Were lifting up, the black poplars.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)