Flower Quote by Francis Bacon

A good name is better than precious ointment.

— Solomon

“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”

— Thompson's Chain Reference

At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product…

— William Standish Knowles

“Does it stand, but not straight enough? Is there a bend in the tool? Leaning left like the Marxist-Leninist Party? To the right, like…

— Rohinton Mistry

For every wound, the ointment of time.

— Sharon Kay Penman

“Inside, I found three things: a silver mirror, a silk handkerchief, and a glass flask of ointment. These items will help you on your…

— Elif Shafak

I found something called Lucas Papaw Ointment in Australia that I can use for anything - my lips, under my eyes, my hands.

— Whitney Port

“They say there's an ointment the Devil gives you that turns you into a wolf the minute you rub it on.”

— Angela Carter

“Can we believe that the real God, if there is one, ever ordered a man to be killed simply for making hair oil, or…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“Kind words are salve to a cankered soul; spread generously.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best…

— Francis Bacon

Perpetually crouched, quivering, upon the sternly allotted sandpile Mhow silently emit a tiny violet flavoured nuisance: Odor? o no. comes out like a ribbon…

— Edward Estlin Cummings