ROSE QUOTES

quotations about roses

Rose quote

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose.

BETTE MIDLER

"The Rose"


'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions are faded and gone.

THOMAS MOORE

"'Tis the Last Rose of Summer"

Tags: Thomas Moore


Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song.
Every rose has its thorn.

POISON

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn", Open Up and Say ... Ahh


So what about giving your sweetheart, or yourself, not just a dozen roses that eventually will wilt, but a whole rose bush? What better way to express forever love than a bush that will keep on saying "I love you" year after year after year?

MEG MCCONAHEY

"Best roses to grow in a North Coast climate", The Press Democrat, February 12, 2016


There is more hope in a heather rose than in all the tons of Teutonic philosophy.

LIN YUTANG

preface, Between Tears and Laughter

Tags: Lin Yutang


Summer of roses! O empress of flowers!
You are all I care to know: you and your many sisters.

FRANCIS JAMMES

"Summer of Roses"

Tags: Francis Jammes


This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

STING

"Desert Rose"


Don't divorce your wife: bring her a dozen roses; the shock will kill her, and you can use the roses for the funeral.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


Oh, my Luve is like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my Luve is like the melodie,
That's sweetly played in tune.

ROBERT BURNS

"A Red, Red Rose", Posthumous Pieces

Tags: Robert Burns


Any nose
May ravage with impunity a rose.

ROBERT BROWNING

"Sordello"

Tags: Robert Browning


Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

A Long Fatal Love Chase

Tags: Louisa May Alcott


An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.

H. L. MENCKEN

A Book of Burlesques

Tags: H. L. Mencken


Oh, no man knows
Through what wild centuries
Roves back the rose.

WALTER DE LA MARE

All That's Past

Tags: Walter de la Mare


It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY

The Little Prince

Tags: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


The roses are waking, my love, my love,
Roses with dew-gems gleaming;
Roses sweet-tinted, my love, my love,
In the rosy dawn-light dreaming.
On ev'ry spray
The buds are breaking;
Yes! the sweet roses
Are waking

WILLIAM THOMSON

"Waking", Leddy May and Other Poems


But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.

ANNE BRONTË

"The Narrow Way"

Tags: Anne Brontë


Ramblin' Rose
Why you ramble,
No one knows
Wild and windblown
That's how you've grown
Who can cling to
A Ramblin' rose

BILLY VAUGHN

"Ramblin' Rose"


Everybody loves roses: they are the symbol of virtually everywhere, from England to North Dakota. They are an international icon for innocence, and beauty, and rugby; the knee-jerk favorite of politicians, poets, and other enemies of civilization. Recently, the Democratic Socialists of America have given the rose emoji a boost on social media. Rose prints, meanwhile, seem to be having a moment in the fashion world, and we shouldn't be surprised. Have you ever seen a tattoo of a forsythia? Are any rock stars or famous songs named after hydrangeas? Exactly.

CHARLOTTE MENDELSON

"Let's Ban Roses", The New Yorker, June 21, 2017


That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Romeo and Juliet

Tags: William Shakespeare


There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.

DOROTHY L. SAYERS

Strong Poison

Tags: Dorothy L. Sayers