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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.

Thomas More

 Irish Poet

Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone

Thomas More

 

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

Thomas More

 Age And Aging

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 More

 Illusion Irish Poet

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

Thomas More

 English Author

She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, / And lovers are round her, sighing:/ But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, / For her heart in his grave is lying.

Thomas More

 Land

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

Thomas More

 Bondage

By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.

Thomas More

 English Author Infinity

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 Ability

Then awake! the heavens look bright, my dear; / 'Tis never too late for delight, my dear;/ And the best of all ways / To lengthen our days / Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear!

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