I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head.

Quote by Edward Fitzgerald

Topics: Edward Fitzgerald Quotes

Taste is the feminine of genius.

Taste is the feminine of genius.

If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he...

If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he...

I come like Water, and like Wind I go.

I come like Water, and like Wind I go.

Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of...

Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of...

I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

I am all for the short and merry life.

I am all for the short and merry life.

And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of...

And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal...

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of...

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of...

The sweetest music this side of heaven.

The sweetest music this side of heaven.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven

But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where...

But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where...

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven

Heaven's ebon vault, studded with stars unutterably bright, through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls,...

Heaven's ebon vault, studded with stars unutterably bright, through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls,...

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens....

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens....

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the...

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the...