Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.

Quote by Christopher Morley

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Grief Quotes, Pain Quotes

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Only the sinner has a right to preach

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...