Famous quotes containing the word smooth:
“A leaf that is supposed to grow is full of wrinkles and creases before it develops; if one doesnt have the patience and wants the leaf to be as smooth as a willow leaf from the start, then there is a problem.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)
“he changed and ran
Through many shapes; I lunged at the smooth throat
Of a great eel; it changed, and I but smote
A fir-tree roaring in its leafless top;
And thereupon I drew the livid chop
Of a drowned dripping body to my breast....”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
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