#sweetness

She had a flower tattoo on her wrist; "What does that mean?" he asked her. "Absolutely nothing," she said, "it's just a flower. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational #life-and-living #sweet-irony #sweetness #tattoo

The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#best #creature #daughter #gentleman #goodness

Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#life #sweetness #waste #life

Sweetness eliminates gravity and thus a man with a heavy burden of life starts feeling like floating in the air before sweetness. ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#life

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#honest #last-long #long-lasting #money #presist

Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#religion

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#mouths #old #old people #our #people

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#perfection #pursuit #sweetness #then

For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter. ↗

— Marie de France

#all things #because #dare #high #i

What's wrong with sweetness and light? It's been around quite awhile. ↗

— Richard Rodgers

#awhile #been #light #quite #sweetness