"When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may concern!" And so it is the poet comes And revels in her bowers, And, though another hold the land, Is owner of the flowers."

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Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.4

John Godfrey Saxe

#Flower Quotes #Writing Quotes #Yield Quotes

“Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other.”
“Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression.”
“An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply”
“The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.”
“Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?”

Source : "Fictional character: Helen Grosvenor". "The Mummy", www.imdb.com. 1932.
“The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.”
“When the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface”
“Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.”

Source : John Stuart Blackie (1857). “Lays and legends of ancient Greece: with other poems”, p.260

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