European Honey Bee

Famous quotes containing the words european, honey and/or bee:

    “What is the first thing that savage tribes accept from Europeans nowadays? Brandy and Christianity, the European narcotics.—And what is it that most rapidly leads to their destruction?—The European narcotics.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “When one is hungry, everything is as sweet as honey, but when one is overfull, even honey is not sweet.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Like the bee that now is blown,
    Honey-heavy on my hand,
    From his toppling tansy-throne
    In the green tempestuous land—”
    —Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)