Quotes about nutmeg

A collection of quotes on the topic of nutmeg.

    Quotes about nutmeg

    Ray Bradbury photo

    “Do you know that books smell like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land? I loved to smell them when I was a boy. Lord, there were a lot of lovely books once, before we let them go.”

    Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer

    Love, Books, Boy
    Francis Beaumont photo

    “Nose, nose, jolly red nose,
    And who gave thee that jolly red nose?
    Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves;
    And they gave me this jolly red nose.”

    Francis Beaumont The Knight of the Burning Pestle

    The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607; published 1613), Act I, scene 4.

    “Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
    And it stings you for your pains;
    Grasp it like a man of mettle,
    And it soft as silk remains.’Tis the same with common natures:
    Use ’em kindly, they rebel;
    But be rough as nutmeg-graters,
    And the rogues obey you well.”

    Aaron Hill (writer) (1685–1750) British writer

    Verses Written on a Window in Scotland.

    Pain, Nature