Violet Quotes

189 quotes by 137 authors

And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze. — Ebenezer Elliott
The tender violet bent in smiles To elves that sported nigh, Tossing the drops of fragrant dew To scent the evening sky. — Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Voluptuous bloom and fragrance rare The summer to its rose may bring; Far sweeter to the wooing air The hidden violet of spring. Still, still… — Bayard Taylor
In kindly showers and sunshine bud The branches of the dull gray wood; Out from its sunned and sheltered nooks The blue eye of the… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Oh! faint delicious spring-time violet, Thine odor like a key, Turns noiselessly in memory's wards to let A thought of sorrow free. — William Wetmore Story
The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have penetrated the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of… — Bill Vaughan
Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets. — Edna Ferber
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. — Oscar Levant
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. — Mark Twain
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory. — Bernard Williams
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. — Tennessee Williams
At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day;… — Vincent Van Gogh
When the short days of winter came, dusk fell before we had well eaten our dinners. When we met in the street the houses had… — James Joyce
to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you've held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your… — Ellen Bass
He domesticated and developed the native wild flowers. He had one hill-side solidly clad with that low-growing purple verbena which mats over the hills of… — Willa Cather
Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the… — Herman Melville
It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have… — Daniel Handler
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and… — William Shakespeare
Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of violets, and to drag in the idea of a point… — D. H. Lawrence

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