Thomas Hood quotes and words of wisdom

"When he is forsaken, Wither"d and shaken, What can an old man do but die?"
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"And there is even a happiness That makes the heart afraid."
Found in the topic Happiness.

"Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold."
Found in the topic Gold.

"A moment"s thinking is an hour in words."
Found in the topic Thief.

"When Eve upon the first of Men The apple press?d with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not Adamant!"
Found in the topic Adam.

"No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I "m pious when I "m only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull."
Found in the topic Face.

"Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!"
Found in the topic Charity.

"I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silence, listening To silence."
Found in the topic Autumn.

"No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, ...... No road, no street, no t" other side the way, ...... No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no buds."
Found in the topic Work.

"No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!"
Found in the topic Winter.

"O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head!"
Found in the topic Bed.

"O God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!"
Found in the topic Food.

"Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died."
Found in the topic Death.

"With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread,? Stitch! stitch! stitch!"
Found in the topic Clothes.

Interesting Quotes

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.Jane Wagner

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neatJohn Lehman, Secretary of the US Navy, 1981-1987 - US administrator (1942 - )