--- title: "6 Poplar Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Poplar quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Poplar sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/ali-bassam-8848_popularity_no-matter-how-fast-the-poplar-grows-it-w_1155125.jpg" --- > [No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-bassam/no-matter-how-fast-the-poplar-grows-it-will-never-reach-heaven/) [Ali Bassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-bassam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/ali-bassam-8848_popularity_no-matter-how-fast-the-poplar-grows-it-w_1155125.jpg) > [The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/the-poplar-grows-up-straight-and-tall-the-pear-tree-spreads-along-the/) [Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/sara-coleridge-23552_differences_the-poplar-grows-up-straight-and-tall-th_1266520.jpg) > [Trees that, like the poplar, lift upward all their boughs, give no shade and no shelter, whatever their height. Trees the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/trees-that-like-the-poplar-lift-upward-all-their-boughs-give-no-shade/) [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron_giving_trees-that-like-the-poplar-lift-upward-a_1649945.jpg) > [The winter oak... is very useful in buildings but when in a moist place it takes in water to its centre... and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/the-winter-oak-is-very-useful-in-buildings-but-when-in-a-moist-place/) [Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/marcus-vitruvius-pollio-7498_black_the-winter-oak-is-very-useful-in-buildin_2578871.png) > [The Gods on the death of his wife Yang Kai-hui I lost my proud poplar and you your willow As poplar and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/the-gods-on-the-death-of-his-wife-yang-kai-hui-i-lost-my-proud-poplar/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/mao-zedong-1123_asks_the-gods-on-the-death-of-his-wife-yang-k_2913148.jpg) > [I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-joubert/i-resemble-the-poplar-that-tree-which-even-when-old-still-looks-young/) [Joseph Joubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-joubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/joseph-joubert-1017_looks_i-resemble-the-poplar-that-tree-which-ev_3161758.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poplar/#itemlist", "name": "Poplar Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ali Bassam" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-bassam/no-matter-how-fast-the-poplar-grows-it-will-never-reach-heaven/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/ali-bassam-8848_popularity_no-matter-how-fast-the-poplar-grows-it-w_1155125.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/ali-bassam-8848_popularity_no-matter-how-fast-the-poplar-grows-it-w_1155125.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/ali-bassam-8848_popularity_no-matter-how-fast-the-poplar-grows-it-w_1155125.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven.” — Ali Bassam", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Coleridge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/the-poplar-grows-up-straight-and-tall-the-pear-tree-spreads-along-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/sara-coleridge-23552_differences_the-poplar-grows-up-straight-and-tall-th_1266520.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/sara-coleridge-23552_differences_the-poplar-grows-up-straight-and-tall-th_1266520.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/sara-coleridge-23552_differences_the-poplar-grows-up-straight-and-tall-th_1266520.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall,” — Sara Coleridge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trees that, like the poplar, lift upward all their boughs, give no shade and no shelter, whatever their height. 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