Famous quotes containing the words white, rose and/or oil:
“Then came Corinna in a long loose gown,
Her white neck hid with tresses hanging down,
Resembling fair Semiramis going to bed,”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“I quite agree with you. The sun is not kind. God should use a rose amber spot.”
—Dewitt Bodeen (1908–1988)
“I bade, because the wick and oil are spent
And frozen are the channels of the blood....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)