When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Tenderness Quotes, Words Quotes

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

It is no surprise to me that hardly anyone tells the truth about how they...

It is no surprise to me that hardly anyone tells the truth about how they...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...