Quotes with scarlet

  • The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.
  • When I am dead, I hope it may be said: ''His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.''

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  • Bayard Taylor And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Bayard Taylor The aquilegia sprinkled on the rocks A scarlet rain; the yellow violet Sat in the chariot of its leaves, the phlox Held spikes of purple flame in meadows wet, And all the streams with vernal-scented reed Were fringed, and streaky bellow of miskodeed.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Oscar Wilde The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Cass Sunstein The U.S. is supposed to be a nation of second chances, but for the 70 million Americans with a criminal record, we're not doing such a great job. Even among those whose crimes were nonviolent and committed long ago, too many still bear a scarlet letter.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Hillaire Belloc When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'.
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  • Hilaire Belloc When I am dead, I hope it may be said: ''His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.''
    Hilaire Belloc
    British Author (1870 - 1953)
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