Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:
“Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote;
Spread oer the silver waves thy golden hairs,
And as a bed Ill take them, and there lie.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.”
—Franz Grillparzer (17911872)
“I leaf through books, I do not study them. What I retain of them is something I no longer recognize as anyone elses.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)