Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:
“A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R.I.P.requiescat in paceyou know. That seems to me the most beautiful expressionI like it much better than He is a jolly good fellow, which is simply rowdy.”
—Thomas Mann (18751955)
“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesars laurel crown.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“frog pond ...
a leaf falls in
without a sound”
—Bernard Lionel Einbond (b. 1937)