Thomas Moore Quotes

Thomas Moore (23)

Birth:	28th May, 1779
Death:	25th February, 1852
Nationality:	Irish
Profession:	Entertainer, Lyricist, Poet, Singer

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  A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences.

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

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• Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

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• The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don’t want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don’t have a soul.

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• The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close.

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• True change takes place in the imagination.

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

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• A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

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• Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

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• Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

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• Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities – that’s training or instruction – but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.

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• All that’s bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that’s sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.

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• Came but for friendship, and took away love.

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

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• 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.

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• Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

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

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

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

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• A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon.

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