Source: Orley Farm (1862), Ch. 1, first lines.
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
—
William Shakespeare
,
book
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet, Act II, scene ii.
Variant: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Source: Romeo and Juliet (1595)
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