Quotes of Wreath - somelinesforyou

“ One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another. ”

- Juvenal

“ I think this is a very difficult job, especially for women - there are too few roles around. I never let myself rest on my laurels. ”

- Amanda Burton

“ Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest. ”

- Christian Nestell Bovee

“ Let arms yield to the toga, the laurel crown to praise. ”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“ To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. ”

- George Chapman

“ To be praised by a man who has won his laurels. ”

- George Chapman

“ With racing, you never rest on your laurels, and there are no counterfeits. ”

- Julie Krone

“ Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon. ”

- Carl Rowan

“ If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be. ”

- Cliff Richard

“ All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. ”

- Charles M. Schulz

“ All you need is love. And a tiara. And maybe a cookie. ”

- Unknown

“ The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown. ”

- Sir William Blake

“ Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous. ”

- Judy Davis

“ Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage. ”

- Judy Davis

“ Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel. ”

- William Penn

“ If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral. ”

- Gregory Nunn

“ If you want to see a star, don't go to Hollywood. Come to Palm Springs. ”

- Kirk Douglas

“ But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life. ”

- Angela Davis

“ Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. ”

- Buddha

“ A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns. ”

- John Milton

“ 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 around dismantling Dr. King's legacy. ”

- Hillary Clinton

“ You lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier, You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace, Broad for the self-complacent British sneer, His length of shambling limb, his furrowed face. ”

- Tom Taylor

“ Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. ”

- Johann Friedrich von Schiller

“ Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ”

- Dorothee Soelle

“ I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance. ”

- Arthur Rimbaud

“ Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. ”

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

“ Nature, like us is sometimes caught without her diadem. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand. ”

- Tiberius Caesar

“ Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm. ”

- William Shakespeare
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