Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

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...

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...

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.

True change takes place in the imagination.

True change takes place in the imagination.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

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

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