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- Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter… — Daniel Boone
- I always use my 'Holy Trinity' which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, 'bacon always makes it better.' I… — Anne Burrell
- I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive… — Yasser Arafat
- Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of… — Marcus Aurelius
- When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that… — Henry Ward Beecher
- The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the… — Lawrence Durrell
- The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine. — Thucydides
- I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as… — Sybille Bedford
- An olive, with a pit... — Unknown Author
- Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the… — Bertrand Russell
- The strands of spaghetti were vital, almost alive in my mouth, and the olive oil was singing with flavor. It was hard… — Ruth Reichl
- Happiness is.....finding two olives in your martini when youre hungry. — Johnny Carson