European Brown Bear

Famous quotes containing the words european, brown and/or bear:

    “I should think the American admiration of five-minute tourists has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than multitudes of bombs would have done.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Bite down
    on the bitter stem of your nectared
    rose, you know
    the dreamy stench of death and fling
    magenta shawls delicately
    about your brown shoulders laughing.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;
    To bear with fools is mightiest might.”
    —Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)