Famous quotes containing the words commonly and/or planted:
“However much we admire the orator’s occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or above the fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)