Green Tavern

Famous quotes containing the words green and/or tavern:

    So that’s why you’re green around the gills. Spring comes to the bushveldt, the young bucks start butting their heads together.
    Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

    Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune, the school, the church? The peasant. Who would steal from his neighbor, commit arson, and falsely denounce another for a bottle of vodka? The peasant.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)