Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:
“When I was a kid I used to tell myself the moon was a silver gong and if I could climb high enough to beat on it with both hands all my wishes would come true.”
—John Dos Passos (18961970)
“Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victors] laurel yield to the [orators] tongue.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (10643 B.C.)
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)