Honey Quote by William Cowper Download Open image “They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.” — William Cowper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Honey Leadership Truth Weed Wisdom
Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences. — Plato Copy Share Image
As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A fool thinks it like honey so long as the bad deed does not bear fruit, but when it does bear fruit he experiences… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“...take a page from the life of the little bee. People as a rule think that it gets honey right from the flower. They… — Hiram Alfred Cody Copy Share Image
We ought not to extract pernicious honey from poison blossoms of misrepresentation and mendacious half-truth, to pamper the course appetite of bigotry and self-love. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Honey is sweet, "and so is knowledge, but knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase it through… — Patricia Polacco Copy Share Image
The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a… — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto. — Barbara Bretton Copy Share Image
I love a lot of things, a whole lot of things / Like / My cousin comes to visit and you know he's from… — Eloise Greenfield Copy Share Image
Flat muscled and honey coloured. Sea secrets in his eyes. A silver raindrop in his ear. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Wild honey smells of freedom The dust - of sunlight The mouth of a young girl, like a violet But gold - smells of… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, 'Liespotting,' no one wants to meet me in person anymore - no, no, no, no,… — Pamela Meyer Copy Share Image
I think that's what's important, to see how we ourselves can become all that we are and can be. Everybody says they want to… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
The little bee returns with evening's gloom, To join her comrades in the braided hive, Where, housed beside their might honey-comb, They dream their… — Charles Tennyson Turner Copy Share Image
