Wednesday, August 17, 2011

"Roses and Quotes"

And I will make thee bed of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.
Marie-Antoinette, Queen

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul
The Koran

Where flowers bloom so does hope.
Lady Bird Johnson

The World is a rose; smell it and pass it to your friends.
Persian Proverb

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Take time to smell the roses.
Gardening Cliches

Earth laughs in flower.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
Emma Goldman

True friendship is like a rose: We don't realize its beauty until it fades
Evelyn Loeb

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
Persian Proverb

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns,
or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
Abraham Lincoln