Famous quotes containing the words mute and/or swans:
“Reagan was a flesh and blood version of any other mute national emblem, say the Statue of Liberty. Everyone knows what she represents, but no one would dream of asking her opinion.”
—Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)
“O death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.”
—Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)