Violet in Nature
- The color violet was named in the 14th century after the violet flower.
- The violet coral is a species of mushroom.
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Famous quotes containing the words violet and/or nature:
“I think the King is but a man, as I am. The violet smells to
him as it doth to me.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“We call contrary to nature what happens contrary to custom; nothing is anything but according to nature, whatever it may be, Let this universal and natural reason drive out of us the error and astonishment that novelty brings us.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)