Famous quotes containing the words white rose, white, rose and/or oil:
“White rose
you are a stricken weary thing,
shaming the spring . . .”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children’s children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“This thorn
Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I bade, because the wick and oil are spent
And frozen are the channels of the blood....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)