Thomas Moore Quotes

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

"Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt. But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds."

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

"My Birthday! what a difference sound That word had in my youthful ears; And how each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears."

"My Birthday! what a difference sound That word had in my youthful ears; And how each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears."

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

"Came but for friendship, and took away love."

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

"True change takes place in the imagination."

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

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

"And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again."

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

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

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

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

"Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance."

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

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

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