Oriole Grove

Famous quotes containing the words oriole and/or grove:

“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.

“I can’t make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the average human mind and spirit are confusing beyond measure. Sometimes I think that all our learning is the little learning of the maxim. To laugh at a Roman awe-stricken in a sacred grove is to laugh at something today.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)