Famous quotes containing the words vegetable and/or matter:
“Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your
languid spleen,
An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a
not-too-French French bean!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)