Books Quote by Arthur Symons

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume

— French Proverb

Beauty without character is like a flower without perfume.

— Terry Mark

Charm is to a woman what perfume is to a flower.

— Evan Esar

“Like a beautifully brightly colored flower without fragrance, is the well-spoken word without action.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

Even if the flower is no more, still, the fragrance can be.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

— Proverb

Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put…

— Gautama Buddha

The beauty in words is realized only by actions as fragrance is there in flowers but it is felt only by smelling.

— Anuj Somany

To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.

— Gautama Buddha

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out…

— Gautama Buddha

For the Sensitive Plant has no bright flower; Radiance and odour are not its dower; It loves, even like Love, its deep heart is…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance…

— Gautama Buddha