Bees Quote by Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

“Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.” quote by Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke — Download Open image

“Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.”

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

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