Famous quotes containing the words stone and/or roses:
“They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 24:2,3.
“I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of Eden’s roses yet lingered in it, while it vibrated only to the world’s first brood of nightingales, and to the laugh of Eve. I see the pyramids building; I hear the shoutings of the armies of Alexander.”
—Alexander Smith (1830–1867)