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Bees3 quotes
For so work the honeybees,
Creatures that by a rule in nature teach
The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
They have a king and officers of sorts,
Where some like magistrates correct at home,
Others like merchants venture trade abroad,
Others like soldiers armèd in their stings
Make boot upon the summer’s velvet buds,
Which pillage they with merry march bring home
To the tent royal of their emperor,
Who, busied in his majesty, surveys
The singing masons building roofs of gold. — William Shakespeare · 1599For where's the state beneath the firmament
That doth excel the bees for government? — Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas · 1578So the industrious bees do hourly strive
To bring their loads of honey to the hive;
Their sordid owners always reap the gains,
And poorly recompense their toils and pains. — Mary Collier · 1739Good government1 quote
For where's the state beneath the firmament
That doth excel the bees for government? — Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas · 1578Government1 quote
For where's the state beneath the firmament
That doth excel the bees for government? — Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas · 1578Man and animals1 quote
So the industrious bees do hourly strive
To bring their loads of honey to the hive;
Their sordid owners always reap the gains,
And poorly recompense their toils and pains. — Mary Collier · 1739