All that’s bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that’s sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
THOMAS MOOREFrom plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
More Thomas Moore Quotes
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Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
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The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.
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And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o’er silent seas again.
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Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
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This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.
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Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
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Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
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While mantling on the maiden’s cheek Young roses kindled into thought.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
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Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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Ask a woman’s advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you’re sure to be wise.
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It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
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Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
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