We've found 5 quotes for 'lily of the nile' (0.1 seconds):
| "We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the nile for her floods or the sea for her waves." »Marquis de Sade |
| "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. the BELOVED." »Song of Songs 21 Bible |
| "When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other." »Chinese Proverb |
| "No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world." »William Shakespeare |
| "It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make man better be Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant of flower and light, In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures, life may perfect be." »Benjamin Johnson |
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