The beauty of the rose is timeless, and for centuries, the rose has been revered as the flower of love and romance and the inspiration of quotes and poems.

"Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes. Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread but give us roses."
- James Oppenheim

"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose."
- Hada Bejar

God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.
- J. M. Barrie

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Columbus discovered America because of a rose! It is written that on October 11, 1492, in the Sargasso Sea, one of the crewmen picked a rose branch from the water. This sign of land renewed their hope for survival and gave the seafarers the courage to continue on to the New World.