Laurel/plants

Famous quotes containing the words laurel and/or plants:

    “Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor’s] laurel yield to the [orator’s] tongue.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    “Luxurious Man, to bring his Vice in use,
    Did after him the World seduce:
    And from the fields the Flow’rs and Plants allure,”
    —Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)