Quotes about roses

The red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
- John Boyle O’Reilly

Oh, my luve’s like a red, red rose, 

That ’s newly sprung in June;
Oh, my luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly played in tune.
- Robert Burns

God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.
- J. M. Barrie

Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
- Edmund Spenser

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
- Sir Walter Scott

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still aflying,
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.
- Robert Herrick

The rose that lives its little hour
Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.
- Bryant