Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:
“I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear
But a golden nutmeg and a silver pear;”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear (l. 1–2)
“Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)