Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:
“Seine and Piave are silver spoons,
But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn,”
—Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“Black creeps from root to root,
each leaf
cuts another leaf on the grass,
shadow seeks shadow,
then both leaf
and leaf-shadow are lost.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)