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

Quote by Thomas Moore

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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...

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.

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.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

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...

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

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

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

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

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

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...

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

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

True change takes place in the imagination.

True change takes place in the imagination.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

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 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.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

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...

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent....

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent....

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk...

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk...

The trebling of the population in this small and impoverished country, flowing with milk and...

The trebling of the population in this small and impoverished country, flowing with milk and...