At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove.
James Beattie
I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of wat
Maya Angelou
"Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel"
John Quincy Adams
All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.
Albert Camus:
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Ah, wasteful woman, she who may On her sweet self set her own price, Knowing man cannot choose but pay, How has she cheapened paradise; How given for nought her priceless gift, How spoiled the bread and spilled the wine, Which, spent with due respective thrift, Had made brutes men and men divine.
Coventry Patmore
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.
Lucinda Franks
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Malcolm S. Forbes
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
John Bunyan
All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.
Francois Fenelon
No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.
Bram Stoker
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
Juvenal