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

Quote by Thomas Moore

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

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

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

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

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

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...

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

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...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

True change takes place in the imagination.

True change takes place in the imagination.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.