Introduction
The Nightingale and the Rose is a short fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde. It was first published in 1888 in the collection of stories called The Happy Prince and Other Tales. The story is about a young student who falls in love with a beautiful girl and wants to give her a red rose, but there are no red roses in the garden where he lives. A nightingale overhears his lament and decides to help him by sacrificing her life to create a red rose with her own blood. The story has inspired many famous quotes and phrases.
Quotes about Nightingales
Nightingales are often associated with love, beauty, and poetry. Here are some famous quotes about nightingales:
- "There's a song in the air! There's a star in the sky! And a Nightingale singing! Soaring, soaring high!" - Frank Sinatra
- "The nightingale has a lyre of gold, the lark's is a clarion call, And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute, but I love him best of all." - Henry Van Dyke
Quotes about Roses
Roses have long been associated with love, passion, and beauty. Here are some famous quotes about roses:
- "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare
- "All the sweetness of life is summed up in the delicate perfume of the rose." - Unknown
The Nightingale and the Rose Quotes
The Nightingale and the Rose has inspired many famous quotes and phrases, such as:
- "Love is like the rose, so beautiful and sweet, but it has thorns that can make you bleed." - Unknown
- "The nightingale's song is beautiful, but it is not as beautiful as the sacrifice it made for love." - Unknown
- "What is love, but the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the beloved, as the nightingale did for the red rose?" - Unknown
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