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Familiar Quotations

Laurels

With racing, you never rest on your laurels, and there are no counterfeits.–Julie Krone

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.–Douglas MacArthur

You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burro.–Martial

The chief glory of a country, says Johnson, arises from its authors. But this is only when they are oracles of wisdom. Unless they teach virtue they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.–Jane Porter

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.–Carl Rowan

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

Laurels – "Fame"

Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise.–Aristotle

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.–W. H. Auden

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.–Vicki Baum

Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town.–Truman Capote

• Preface v
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Laurels 1
• Laurels – "Fame" 1
• Laurels – "Honor" 2
• Laurels, as opposed to "Criticism" 2
• Laurels, as opposed to "Dishonor" 3
• Use in Literature 4
• Laurels 4
• Laurels – "Behind" 14
• Laurels – "Beyond" 14
• Laurels – "Branches" 15
• Laurels – "Brows" 16
• Laurels – "Bushes" 16
• Laurels – "Crown" 17
• Laurels – "Days" 19
• Laurels – "Few" 20
• Laurels – "Found" 20
• Laurels – "Gate" 21
• Laurels – "Glory" 21
• Laurels – "Great" 22
• Laurels – "Green" 23
• Laurels – "Hand" 24
• Laurels – "Hill" 24
• Laurels – "Honor" 26
• Laurels – "House" 27
• Laurels – "Leaf" 27
• Laurels – "Life" 29
• Laurels – "Little" 30
• Laurels – "Men" 30
• Laurels – "Mount" 31
• Laurels – "Myself" 33
• Laurels – "Oak" 33
• Laurels – "Old" 33
• Laurels – "Place" 34
• Laurels – "Rested" 35
• Laurels – "Returned" 36
• Laurels – "Rose" 36
• Laurels – "Shall" 37
• Laurels – "Tree" 37
• Laurels – "Victory" 38
• Laurels – "War" 39
• Laurels – "Won" 39
• Laurels – "Young" 41
• Nonfiction Usage 43
• Historical Usage 43
• Journalism Usage 43
• Bibliographic Usage 44
• Encyclopedic Usage 51
• Lexicographic Usage 60
• Index 81