It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.


Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed (ed. 1861)

Augustus Hare Quotes

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.