#flowers

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues. ↗

— Robert Cray

#anything #better #blues #could #flowers

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back. ↗

— Bette Davis

#am #back #democrat #flowers #hall

When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#death #destruction #flowers #hear #i

Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. And what's so important about this priority in creation, anyway? When we are building, we lay foundations on the ground first, things of no intrinsic merit or beauty, before subsequently raising up sumptuous buildings and ornate palaces. Lowly seeds are nourished in the earth, and then later the ravishing blooms appear; lovely roses blossom forth and scented narcissi. ↗

— Moderata Fonte

#building #dignity #empowerment #flowers #gender

There is no road of flowers leading to glory. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#glory #leading #road

One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#feature #flowers #high #love #low

Sweet April showers do spring May flowers. ↗

— Thomas Tusser

#flowers #may #showers #spring #sweet

It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going. ↗

— David Walliams

#down #flowers #forget #get #gifts

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend. ↗

— Mao Zedong

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