A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
THOMAS MOOREA pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
THOMAS MOOREIt is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
THOMAS MOOREThough an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
THOMAS MOOREFond memory brings the light of other days around me.
THOMAS MOORELike ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
THOMAS MOOREAnd the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch’d by the thorns.
THOMAS MOOREThe light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.
THOMAS MOOREDisguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
THOMAS MOOREThe heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
THOMAS MOORECame but for friendship, and took away love.
THOMAS MOOREAsk a woman’s advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you’re sure to be wise.
THOMAS MOORERomantic 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.
THOMAS MOOREOh! blame not the bard.
THOMAS MOOREWhile mantling on the maiden’s cheek Young roses kindled into thought.
THOMAS MOOREHumility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
THOMAS MOORENo, there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.
THOMAS MOORE