Silver Laurel Leaf

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)