"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" MEANING What
matters is what something is, not what it is called. ORIGIN From
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1594: 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."
A story, much favoured by tour guides, and as such highly
suspect, is that in this line Shakespeare was also making a joke at
the expense of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was a local rival to his
Globe Theatre and is reputed to have had less than effective
sanitary arrangements. The story goes that this was a coy joke
about the smell. This certainly has the whiff of folk etymology
about it, but it might just be true. -Google. Enjoy this lovely
little park,which can at time be muggle encrusted,the cache is a
small sistema container,heavily camoed. 