Bones Quote by Matsuo Basho

Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world?

— Matsuo Basho

Sprigs of plum by the corner of the wall Are blooming alone in the cold; If not for the subtle fragrance drifting over Who…

— Wang Anshi

When the old plum tree blooms, the entire world blooms.

— Dogen

“However wildly this year's cherry blossoms bloom, I'll see them with the plum's scent filling my heart.”

— Ono no Komachi

“Inside plum trees stood in a row, flowers lifted their pale throats to the moon and stars, a magnolia held its tight-closed buds like…

— Marisa de los Santos

beautiful December grapes, blue as plums, every grape a little skinful of sweet, tasteless water

— Anonymous

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.

— Jane Austen

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

— Chanakya

The FragRance of FlowErs SpreAds onlY in thE DireCtion of thE winD. But thE GoodNesS oF a PersOn SpreAds in aWl DireCtion¦. eM Hv…

— Mark

Sap which mounts, and flowers which thrust, Your childhood is a bower: Let my fingers wander in the moss Where glows the rosebud Let…

— Paul Verlaine

“The depths of the hearts of humankind cannot be known. But in my birthplace, the plum blossoms smell the same as in the years…

— Clay MacCauley

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.

— Lucretius