William Dean Howells (1837–1920) author, critic and playwright from the United States
The Sarcastic Fair
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) author, critic and playwright from the United States
The Sarcastic Fair
“208. The honey is sweet, but the bee stings.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Nathalia Crane (1913–1998) American writer
"The Symbols"
The Janitor's Boy And Other Poems (1924)
Context: p>The very serpents bite their tails; the bees forget to sting,
For a language so celestial setteth up a wondering.And the touch of absent mindedness is more than any line,
Since direction counts for nothing when the gods set up a sign.</p
“I am the bee that will make honey for all.”
Filipe Nyusi (1959) Mozambican politician
Explaining the meaning of his name in his native Makonde language. AFP https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/mozambique-gears-key-vote-002759683.html
“The highest food is the vomit of bees, we know it as honey.”
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic
“I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. There's nobody as beautiful or as powerful as me!”
Billy Graham (wrestler) (1943–2023) American professional wrestler, american football player, bodybuilder
Billy Graham, Tangled Ropes: Superstar Billy Graham (2006)
“Once, I saw a bee drown in honey, and I understood.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Report to Greco
Source: Report to Greco