And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch’d by the thorns.
THOMAS MOOREFond memory brings the light of other days around me.
More Thomas Moore Quotes
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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My only books were woman’s looks, and folly’s all they’ve taught me.
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A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
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A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
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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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Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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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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All that’s bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that’s sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
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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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Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.
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