Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh. Henryk Sienkiewicz
Pure at heart: to be like a flower that blooms as gloriously, brilliantly in a secluded wild wood, not seen and praised. Vanna Bonta
Age cannot Love destroy, But perfidy can blast the flower, Even when in most unwary hour It blooms in Fancy's bower. Age cannot Love destroy, But perfidy can rend the shrine In which its vermeil splendours shine. Percy Bysshe Shelley
The lotus flower blooms in the mud. Japanese Proverb
When the olive tree blooms during April, olives are harvested with barrels, when it blossoms in June, they are harvested in handfuls. Sicilian Proverb
From the withered tree, a flower blooms. Zen Proverb