“ The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read. ”
- Christina G. Rossetti- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
- 1.4K
“ You wouldn't want to be caught wearing cheap perfume, would you? Then why do you want to wear cheap perfume on your conduct? ”
- Margaret Culkin Banning- Copy
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“ Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume. ”
- Arthur Miller- Copy
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“ The piano's world encompasses glass-nerved virtuosi and stomping barrel-housers in fedoras; it is a world of pasture and storm, of perfumed smoke, of liquid mathematics. ”
- Kenneth Miller- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind. ”
- Harriet Rubin- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Auntie Mame is a froth of whipped cream and champagne and daydreams and Nuit de Noel perfume. She's not mortal at all. ”
- Patrick Dennis- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others with out getting a few drops on yourself. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 1.3K
“ What's this that myrrh doth still smell in thy kiss, And that with thee no other odour is? 'Tis doubt, my Postumus, he that doth smell So sweetly always, smells not very well. ”
- Marcus Valerius Martial- Copy
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“ It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance. ”
- Lena Horne- Copy
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“ I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning. ”
- Proverbs- Copy
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“ Women who buy perfume and flowers for themselves because their men won't do it are called "self basting.''. ”
- Adair Lara- Copy
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“ Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it, and that is all. ”
- W. Somerset Maugham- Copy
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“ By starving emotions, we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped. By repressing them, we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou. Encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it. ”
- Joseph Collins- Copy
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“ Give because you love to give — as the flower pours forth its perfume. ”
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself. ”
- James Van Der Zee- Copy
- 1.9K
“ The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
- 1.7K
“ The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower. ”
- Robert Green Ingersoll- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Matt's so metro. He wears perfume a lot of the time. He won't go out without three different moisturisers that he has to put on. ”
- Ben Affleck- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not. ”
- John Dewey- Copy
- 2.7K
“ But when I go really far back in time, to the days when everyone was dying of cholera and syphilis and bubonic plague, I want nothing to do with those periods. I mean, nobody showered. That's why perfume became such a popular item. ”
- Matt Dillon- Copy
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