A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.

Quote by Thomas Moore

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the...

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves...

Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves...

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have...

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have...

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

When we allow ourselves to exist truly and fully, we sting the world with our...

When we allow ourselves to exist truly and fully, we sting the world with our...

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to...

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to...

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon.

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon.

This is the right time, and this is the right thing.

This is the right time, and this is the right thing.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

True change takes place in the imagination.

True change takes place in the imagination.