2007-01-01 13:32:47 · 4 answers · asked by christine d 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Might you be thinking of the book "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco? The last line of the book is in Latin: "Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus." Which would roughly translate as "Of the rose of the past, we have only its name." Meaning that in this imperfect world, the only imperishable things are ideas. When the rose is gone, the name remains. Eco quoted it from De contemptu mundi by Bernard of Morlay, a twelfth-century Benedictine monk.
2007-01-01 16:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by Torchbug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean, "a rose by another name would smell as sweet?" by shakespeare from romeo and juliet?
2007-01-01 13:35:56 · answer #2 · answered by stevejensen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo says that in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespear.
2007-01-01 13:40:30 · answer #3 · answered by a no no mouse 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I did. HAHA Happy New Year. Good Grief.
2007-01-01 13:36:26 · answer #4 · answered by Good Grief 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋