Confucius
Philosopher
"It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens."
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Cypresses
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Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
"The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts."
Confucius
Philosopher
"Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypres let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid."
Dorothy Parker
Poet, Writer, Critic
"He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms."
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"Along the avenue of cypresses, All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices Of linen, go the chanting choristers, The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . ."
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"For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb."
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