Flower Quotes
What’s in a name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene 2 »
“The red rose whispers of passion…”
“The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.” - John Boyle O’Reilly, A White Rose, in Arthur Quiller-Couch, editor, The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900, 1919 »
“Earth laughs in flowers…”
“Earth laughs in flowers” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Progress of Culture,” letters and Social Aims, 1876 »
“The modest rose puts forth a thorn…”
“The modest rose puts forth a thorn, The humble Sheep a threat’ning horn; While the Lilly white shall in Love delight, Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright.” - William Blake, “the Lilly” 1794 »