Aubrey de Vere

“A happy soul, that all the way to heaven hath a summer's day.”

“A lie has no legs. It requires other lies to support it. Tell one lie and you are forced to tell others to cover it up.”

“We hold in our hands the anointing oil; but what if we pour it on our heads instead of our hearts?”

“Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee.”

“He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time to mend.”

“Fame is a food that dead men eat, I have no stomach for't.”

“The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our knowledge expands... love and admiration sink into neutrality.”

“Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.”

“Poetry is a language that tells us, through a more or less emotional reaction, something that cannot be said.”