Sir Violet

Famous quotes containing the words sir and/or violet:

    “Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
    That few but such as cannot write, translate.”
    —John, Sir Denham (1615–1669)

    “A violet by a mossy stone
    Half hidden from the eye!
    Fair as a star, when only one
    Is shining in the sky.”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)