William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rise weeping."
Herbs quotes
Herbs
36 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Pray, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for thoughts."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men."
Plato
Philosopher
"Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences."
Euripides
Playwright
"Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman."
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"Herb is the unification of mankind."
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"Time is an herb that cures all Diseases."
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"A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs."
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"Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. [Lat., Hei mihi! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.]"
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"The more you accept herb, the more you accept Rastafari."
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"Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence."
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"Yeah, man. It's time to let de people get good herbs and smoke. Government's a joke. All dey wan' is ya smoke cigarettes and cigar. Some cigar wickeder den herb. Yeah, man, ya can't smoke cigar. Smoke herb. Some big cigar me see man wit', God bless! Me tell him must smoke herb."
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"Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace."
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"Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely."
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"One criticizes the English for carrying their teapots wherever they go, even lugging them up Mount Etna. But doesn't every nationhave its teapot, in which, even when traveling, it brews the dried bundles of herbs brought from home?"
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