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Bees Quotes - Page 5

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1928). “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to Himself”

It is not caving in to the bees to stop poking a stick into their hive.

"Spain's Sophisticated Voters". www.lewrockwell.com. March 17, 2004.

A comely olde man as busie as a bee.

John Lyly (1868). “Eupheus, the Anatomy of Wit; Eupheus and His England”, p.252

For where's the State beneath the Firmament, That doth excell the Bees for Government?

Josuah Sylvester, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (seigneur), Gui Du Faur de Pibrac, Odet de La Noue (seigneur de Téligny), Henry Smith (1967). “The Complete Works of Joshuah Sylvester: For the First Time Collected and Edited”

Evil does not question itself. Only Hope questions itself.

Craig Ferguson (2010). “Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel”, p.112, Chronicle Books

bees dig the plum blossoms

Charles Olson (1966). “Selected Writings of Charles Olson”, p.213, New Directions Publishing

The bee fertilizes the flower it robs.

"Condensed History Lesson" by Arthur H. Secord, Readers' Digest, Volume 38, No. 226, February 1941.

Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.

Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Writings”, p.92, Courier Corporation

Every little thing wants to be loved.

Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.92, Penguin