Famous quotes containing the words wild and/or violets:
“The Indian is one of Nature’s gentlemen—he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form the surplus of overpopulous European countries, are far behind the wild man in delicacy of feeling or natural courtesy.”
—Susanna Moodie (1803–1885)
“Who are the violets now
That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)