Willow Trees

Famous quotes containing the words willow and/or trees:

    My mother dandled me and sang,
    “How young it is, how young!”
    And made a golden cradle
    That on a willow swung.
    “He went away,” my mother sang,
    “When I was brought to bed....”
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    As great trees attract the winds, so great fame attracts envy.
    Chinese proverb.