“When all is said and done, how do we know but that our own unreason may be better than another's truth? for it has been warmed on our hearths and in our souls, and is ready for the wild bees of truth to hive in it, and make their sweet honey.” KnowsMayHas BeensSaidSoulDoneReadySweetHoneyBeesSaid And DoneHivesSweet Honey Book:The Celtic Twilight Source: The Celtic Twilight
“Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go seek for ease in hell, Or sprightly nectar from the mouths of asps. The world's a hive, From whence thou canst derive No good, but what thy soul's vexation brings: But case thou meet Some petty-petty sweet, Each drop is guarded with a thousand stings.” WorldWellsMayChildrenSoulCasesHellSweetThousandMouthsEaseHoneyAlasPettyNestsGuardedHivesNectarVexationWasps Book:Emblems divine and moral Source: Emblems divine and moral
“If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.” IfsSoulReturnOffersPoisonHoneyMilkDartsMilk And Honey Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“Love is as bitter as the dregs of sin, As sweet as clover-honey in its cell; Love is the password whereby souls get in To Heaven--the gate that leads, sometimes, to Hell.” LoveSoulSometimesHeavenSinLove IsHellSweetBitterCellsGatesHoneyCloversDregsPasswords Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics) Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)