Skip to content

Though many a rose in this garden is born
No mortal who culls one escapes from the thorn.

— Hafez A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

Another quote →

Topics

Gardening

More quotes by Hafez

Wash from the dross of life thy hands as the Path’s men of old
And, winning love’s alchemic power, transmute thyself to gold.

A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round,
That never has been fathomed yet by myriad thoughts profound.

What necessity for a sword to slay the lover, when a glance can deprive him of half his life!

Thy curl is ever drawing the heart silently
Who hath power to speak (quarrel) with Thy heart-vanishing curl.

A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

What holds in peace this two-fold world, let this two-fold sentence show
Amity to every friend, courtesy to every foe.

A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

All Hafez quotes →

You may also like

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

Show me your garden, provided it be your own, and I will tell you what you are like.

Alfred Austin The Garden That I Love (1894)

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

Walter Scott

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Eve

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Hafez (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.