Colour

Famous quotes containing the word colour:

“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)

“No one knows the colour of a flower
till it is broken.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
—Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)