A Quote by Francis Bacon

The breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air than in the hand.

Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon
English - Philosopher
January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626

Stronger than iron crueler than death sweeter than springtime it lives beyond breath

Juliet Marillier

The air of summer was sweeter than wine.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

O Prosperina, For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's wagon; daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength--a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one.

William Shakespeare

It is the 1st mild day of March. Each minute sweeter than before... there is a blessing in the air.

William Wordsworth

In the end, madness is worse than injustice, and justice far sweeter than freedom.

Hisham Matar

It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.

Homer

Pleasure is far sweeter as a recreation than a business.

Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine!

Johann Sebastian Bach

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

I would rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition than in air rarefied to nothing by the air-pump of unbelief-in which the panting breast expires, vainly and convulsively gasping for breath.

Jean Paul

The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.

Hildegard of Bingen

Grace does not demonize our desires nor destroy them nor lead us to deny them. Grace is the work of the Holy Spirit in transforming our desires so that knowing Jesus becomes sweeter than illicit sex, sweeter than money and what it can buy, sweeter than every fruitless joy. Grace is God satisfying our souls with His Son so that we're ruined for anything else!