Thomas Moore Quotes

Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman... -Thomas Moore

Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery ... -Thomas Moore

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still l... -Thomas Moore

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.

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

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your ang... -Thomas Moore

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

Fond memory brings the light of other days around ... -Thomas Moore

Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.

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This quote suggests that recalling positive and cherished memories can bring a sense of warmth and happiness, as if illuminating the present with the light of past experiences. It implies the power of nostalgia and the ability of memories to shape one's perception of the present.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers... -Thomas Moore

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love'... -Thomas Moore

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

Thomas Moore Quotes

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