"I want my flowers while I'm alive."

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"As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed."

James Allen, British Author

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"It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

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"For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!"

Edward Abbey, American Author

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"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

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"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Flowers, Glory, Leading, Road

"In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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"Gather the flowers, but spare the buds."

Andrew Marvell, English Writer

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"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

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"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

Walter Hagen, American Athlete

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"I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

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