Famous quotes containing the words big and/or cypress:
“However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.”
—Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711)
“When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)