Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer
Source: The Rubaiyat (1120)
Source: The Ruby Circle
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer
Source: The Rubaiyat (1120)
Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister
On the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine and the "Rose Revolution" in Georgia, News conference http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/russia/article405454.ece, (23 December 2004). <br class="br">On Ukraine
Robert A. Heinlein book The Number of the Beast
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XIX : Something is gained in translation—, p. 166
Owen Lovejoy (1811–1864) American politician
As quoted in His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838&ndash;64 https://books.google.com/books?id=qMEv8DNXVbIC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA199 (2004), edited by William Frederick Moore and Jane Ann Moore, p. 199 <br class="br">1860s, Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives (April 1860)
“though mankind persuades
itself that every weed's
a rose, roses(you feel
certain) will only smile”
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
72
95 poems (1958)
“We in Russia have always considered Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. I still think so.””
Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister
Speech at a Moscow concert on the first anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation, March 18, 2015.
18 March 2015 speech at a Moscow concert on the first anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation
Original: (ru) Мы всегда в России считали, что русские и украинцы – это один народ. Я так думаю и сейчас.
Gil Vicente (1456–1536) Portuguese writer
Viera estar rosal florido,
cogí rosas con sospiro:
vengo del rosale.<p>Del rosal vengo, mi madre,
vengo del rosale.
Del rosal vengo, mi madre — "I Come from the Rose-grove, Mother", as translated by J. Bowring in Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain (1824), p. 317