Plum/description

Famous quotes containing the words plum and/or description:

    “Don’t tie your shoes in a melon patch, and don’t adjust your hat under a plum tree.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any other place.”
    —Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)