“Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book This Side of Paradise
Source: This Side of Paradise
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“Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book This Side of Paradise
Source: This Side of Paradise
Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora
Epilogue, “Falselight” section 2 (p. 716)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
“This shitty world sometimes produces a rose
The scent of it lingers and then it just goes”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
Cedars Of Lebanon
Lyrics, No Line On The Horizon (2009)
François de Malherbe (1555–1628) (1555–1628) French poet, critic, and translator
Mais elle était du monde, où les plus belles choses
Ont le pire destin;
Et Rose, elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses,
L'espace d'un matin.
Letter of condolence to M. Du Perrier on the loss of his daughter, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 680
“We bring roses, beautiful fresh roses,
Dewy as the morning and colored like the dawn.”
Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872) American artist
The new pastoral Book.