Violet Quotes

189 quotes by 137 authors

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine. — Henry James
A gift of flowers to a woman implies that she is as deliciously desirable as the blossoms themselves; but there may be another and hidden… — Eleanor Perenyi
A scent that disturbs me and delights me. It smells like ripe pears, vetiver, a bit of violet and something else- something spicy almost biting… — Rebecca Wells
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw… — William Shakespeare
Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart; I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets, and… — Victor Hugo
The mountain violets break the rocks. — Tennessee Williams
Roses are red, violets are blue, so are my balls thanks to you. — Ralphie May
I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don't have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don't have… — Keke Palmer
The grape Hyacinth is the favorite spring flower of my garden - but no! I though a minute ago the Scilla was! and what place… — Alice Morse Earle
Bonnie who had never hurt a - a harmless thing for malice. Bonnie who was like a kitten making airy pounces at no prey at… — L. J. Smith
At night... the streets become rhythmical perspectives of glowing dotted lines, reflections hung upon them in the streets as the wistaria hangs its violet racemes… — Frank Lloyd Wright
One is quite astonished to find how many things there are in the landscape, and in every object in it, one never noticed before. And… — Winston Churchill
I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a tennis court. .… — Peter Burwash
Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light, The miracle spreading… — Walt Whitman
I myself am quite absorbed by the delicate yellow, delicate soft green, delicate violet of a ploughed and weeded piece of soil. — Vincent Van Gogh
If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet. — Dizzy Dean
The humble soul is like the violet, which grows low, hangs the head downward, and hides itself with its own leaves. — Fredrika Bremer
The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The lonely pine on the mountain-top waves its… — Henry Ward Beecher
Nature is sanative, refining, elevating. How cunningly she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses, and violets, and morning dew! Every inch of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we were to imagine an orange on the blue side or green on the red side or violet on the yellow side, it would… — Ludwig Wittgenstein

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