Roses

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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Topic

Lilies Roses Flowers Authenticity

Author

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Source

Think on These Things

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Krishnamurti, Jiddu. Think on These Things. Harper & Row, 1964, ch. 20.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Roses Flowers Names

Speaker

Juliet Capulet

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 2, sc. 2

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Romeo and Juliet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 2.