Famous quotes containing the word sweet:
“When holy and devout religious men
Are at their beads, tis much to draw them thence,
So sweet is zealous contemplation.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content,
The quiet mind is richer than a crown;
Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent,
The poor estate scorns Fortunes angry frown.
Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss,
Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss.”
—Robert Greene (1558?1592)
“In social halls a favored guest
In years that follow victory won,
How sweet to feel your festal fame
In womans glance instinctive thrown:
Repose is yoursyour deed is known,”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
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