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

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

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

True change takes place in the imagination.

True change takes place in the imagination.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

While mantling on the maiden's cheek Young roses kindled into thought.

While mantling on the maiden's cheek Young roses kindled into thought.

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.

Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of...

Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of...

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

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...

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

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

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

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

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...

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

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

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

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...