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)
“Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor’s] laurel yield to the [orator’s] tongue.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)