"The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue;……" — William Cowper
"The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth."
Related Quotes
- The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue. — William Cowper
- Immortal amarant, a flower which once In paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for… — John Milton
- Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. — Gerard De Nerval
- True humility is a flower which will adorn any garden. — Charles Spurgeon
- We called the album 'Amarantine' to mean everlasting. Poets use the word to describe an everlasting flower and I loved… — Enya
- The loveliest, sweetest flower that bloomed in paradise, and the first that died, has rarely blossomed since on mortal soil.… — Elizabeth Fry
- Beauty is the flower of virtue. — Plutarch
- Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature. — Gerard De Nerval
- A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful. — Yohji Yamamoto
- Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
235 Quotes by William Cowper
William Cowper has 235 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of…
- Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
- War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
- A noisy man is always in the right.
- How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making…
- Grief is itself a medicine.
- Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
- No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
- Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging…
- I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
- Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the…
- Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its…
More Amaranthine Quotes
This quote is filed under Amaranthine Quotes, one of 2 quotes in that category. Here are a few more: