Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to...

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to...

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up,...

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up,...

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet...

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the...

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.