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

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess...

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess...

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...

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Only the sinner has a right to preach

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

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.

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

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

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

All students can learn.

All students can learn.

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

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

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling