Edward Moore

Quotes

• “This is adding insult to injuries.”
• “Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth,And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.”
• “But beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, And love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.”
• “O Poverty! thou source of human art,Thou great inspirer of the poet’s song!”
• “Can’t I another’s face commend,And to her virtues be a friend,But instantly your forehead lours,As if her merit lessen’d yours?”
• “The maid who modestly concealsHer beauties, while she hides, reveals;Give but a glimpse, and fancy drawsWhate’er the Grecian Venus was.”

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