Famous quotes containing the words mute and/or swans:
“From infancy, almost, the average girl is told that marriage is her ultimate goal; therefore her training and education must be directed toward that end. Like the mute beast fattened for slaughter, she is prepared for that.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
“O death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.”
—Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)