Wreaths Quotes
46 quotes by 45 authors
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One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career…
— Hillary Clinton
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A second blow of many flowers appears, flowers faintly tinged and breathing no perfume; but fruits, not blossoms, form the woodland wreath that circles Autumn's…
— James Grahame
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The wreath of cigarette smoke which curls about the head of the growing lad holds his brain in an iron grip which prevents it from…
— Hudson Maxim
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We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was…
— Queen Victoria
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid…
— Queen Elizabeth II
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As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work…
— Gautama Buddha
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A crown Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns, Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights To him who wears the regal diadem
— John Milton
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My mother…was perfectly horrified when I began shooting and tried to keep me in school, but I would run away and go quail shooting in…
— Annie Oakley
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To all new truths, or renovation of old truths, it must be as in the ark between the destroyed and the about-to-be renovated world. The…
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not…
— William Wordsworth
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Do not be lazy. Run each day's race with all your might, so that at the end you will receive the victory wreath from God.…
— Basilea Schlink
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors, painters, and artists…
— James Keller
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Who ever comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm; The mystery, the sign…
— John Donne
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'THIS ROOM HAS MYSTERY LIKE A TRANCE' This room has mystery like a trance Of wine ; forget-me-nots of you Are chair and couch, the…
— Kenneth Patchen
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When I was a child, my December weekends were spent making cards, decorating the tree, hanging the wreath and preparing brandy butter and peppermint creams.
— Pippa Middleton
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Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.
— William Wordsworth
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No wreaths please - especially no hothouse flowers. Some common memento is better, something he prized and is known by: his old clothes - a…
— William Carlos Williams
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The dawn came - not the flaming sky that promises storm, but a golden dawn of infinite promise. The birds came flying up out of…
— Elizabeth Goudge
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I look up at the ceiling, tracing the foliage of the wreath. Today it makes me think of a hat, the large-brimmed hats women used…
— Margaret Atwood
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...I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow...
— Emily Bronte
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