Thomas Moore quotes - page 5

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. (Thomas Moore)
The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close. View quote
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Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity. View quote
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A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon. View quote
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Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid. View quote
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No, the heart that has truly lov'd never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets The same look which she turn'd when he rose. View quote
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Tis the last rose of Summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone. View quote
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The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. View quote
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Man for his glory To ancestry flies; But Woman's bright story Is told in her eyes. View quote
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T is believ'd that this harp which I wake now for thee Was a siren of old who sung under the sea. View quote
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Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far o'er sea or land we roam? (Thomas Moore)
Ay, down to the dust with them, slaves as they are! From this hour let the blood in their dastardly veins, That shrunk at the first touch of Liberty's war, Be wasted for tyrants, or stagnate in chains. View quote
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The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening our own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination is illusion. View quote
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We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk. View quote
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If you want to be successful you must look successful. View quote
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Fond memory brings the light of other days around me. View quote
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Came but for friendship, and took away love. View quote
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While mantling on the maiden's cheek Young roses kindled into thought. View quote
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Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still. View quote
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True change takes place in the imagination. View quote
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