Notable & Quotable: Not-so-secret Admirer
Notable & Quotable: Not-so-secret Admirer
When love came first to Earth,
the Spring spread rose-beds to receive him.
– Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (1777-1844)
Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature by which she indicates how much she loves us.
– Johann Von Goerthe, German poet (1749-1832)
A flower is the most eligible object in the world.
– Unknown
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.
– Beverly Nichols, English writer
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
– Victor Hugo, French novelist
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
– William Carlos Williams, American poet
Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.
– Chinese Proverb
True friendship is like a rose: we don’t realize its beauty until it fades.
– Evelyn Loeb
Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.
-Japanese Proverbs
When words escape, flowers speak.
– Bruce W. Currie
The first flower that blossomed on this earth was an invitation to an unborn song.
– Rabindanath Tagore, Hindu poet
My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June.
– Robert Burns, Scottish poet
Flowers are works of art created by Nature for our pleasure.
– Customer
