Famous quotes containing the words laurel and/or tree:
“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“Even when seen from near, the olive shows
A hue of far away. Perhaps for this
The dove brought olive back, a tree which grows
Unearthly pale, which ever dims and dries,
And whose great thirst, exceeding all excess,
Teaches the South it is not paradise.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)