Sayings about Smells & Smelling
The world is a rose; smell it and pass it on to your friends. ~ Iranian Proverb
“That smells bad,” said the cat about meat that it cannot reach. ~ Iranian Proverbs
The blind say that eyes have no sense of smell. ~ Nigerian Proverb
A rose too often smelled loses its fragrance. ~ Spanish Proverb
To change one’s habits has a smell of death. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
No one loathes the smell of himself. ~ Greek Proverbs
Work and you will be strong; sit and you will smell. ~ Moroccan Proverbs
When they gave the donkey flowers to smell, he ate them. ~ Armenian Proverbs
Fish and guests smell in three days. ~ Traditional Proverb
The flowers in your garden don’t smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer. ~ Chinese Proverb
Two smells of cooking meat break the hyena’s legs. ~ Kikuyu Proverb
He who smells does not know it himself. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Every cask smells of the wine it contains. ~ Spanish Proverb
He who walks through a field of onions, will smell like an onion. ~ Arabian Proverb
No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong. ~ Tibetan Proverb
A hungry man smells meat far. ~ Scottish Proverbs
He who has bad breath cannot smell it. ~ Namibian Proverb
A man without honor smells worse than a corpse. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Whoever rubs himself with garlic will not smell of cloves. ~ French Proverb
The poor always smell. ~ Arabian Proverb
He who rides upon an ass cannot help but smell its gas! ~ African Proverb
Who is brave enough to tell the lion that his breath smells? ~ Berber Proverb
If you buy cheap meat, you’ll smell what you have saved when it boils. ~ Arabian Proverb
A heart that is rotten — breath that smells. ~ Chinese Proverb
Every man likes the smell of his own farts. ~ Icelandic Proverb
The chemist doesn’t smell his own medicine. ~ Walloon Proverb
Quotations about Smells & Smelling
Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Criminals usually prey on weakness. They can smell it. ~ Steven Seagal
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. ~ Helen Keller
Smell is a long-distance sense, a way of stretching time and finding out in advance what lies ahead. ّ Lyall Watson
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. ~ Henry Rollins
The best smell in the world is that man that you love. ~ Jennifer Aniston
Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it. ~ Vladimir Nabokov
I love the smell of paper in the morning; it smells like victory. ~ Alan Moore
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it, and that is all.~ W. Somerset Maugham
Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell. ~ Charles Kingsley
Get excited and enthusiastic about your own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire — you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.~ Denis Waitley
An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place. ~ Tony Hillerman
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.~ William Shakespeare
Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth. ~ Steve Wynn
A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers. ~ Eddie Cantor
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. ~ Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. ~ Diane Ackerman
If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it.~ Thomas Mann
What is the most precious, the most exciting smell awaiting you in the house when you return to it after a dozen years or so? The smell of roses, you think? No, moldering books.~ Andre Sinyavsky
I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.~ George Robert Gissing
Wake up with a smile and go after life…. Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it.~ Joe Knapp
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. ~ Ben Hogan
A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. ~ Ray Bradbury
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. ~ Walter Hagen Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell. ~ W. H. Auden
Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.~ James Shirley
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.~ Margaret Thatcher
The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.~ Juvenal