A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

Been reading Romeo and Juliet again... I so love this story. I found this on my walk today. Standing all by its self, I just had to stop and get a pic. Sorry it kind of blurry, but this really is the best out of 5.


From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:

JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.