Pliny the Elder
Naturalist, Author
"As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first."
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Peaches
34 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
T. S. Eliot
Poet, Playwright
"Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?"
Gilbert Stuart
Painter
"What a business is this of a portrait painter! You bring him a potato and expect he will paint you a peach."
William S. Burroughs
Writer
"There's a boy across the river with an ass like a peach; alas I was no swimmer and lost my Clementine."
Tyson Chandler
Basketball Player
"My grandfather built my first hoop. It was a peach basket up against a tree, and we played in the dirt. I couldn't have been more than 6 when he put it up, and I just started playing."
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