Laurel/people

Famous quotes containing the words laurel and/or people:

    “Smart lad, to slip betimes away
    From fields where glory does not stay,
    And early though the laurel grows
    It withers quicker than the rose.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “The people fancy they hate poetry, and they are all poets and mystics.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)