Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

— Charles Lamb

Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing; it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself,…

— Oscar Wilde

You worthless sonofabitch. You should never have been anything more than a cum stain! (Stryker)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

For a long time, no village girl would dress her hair or bosom with the sweetest flower from that field of death: and after…

— Charles Dickens

You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will…

— Iyanla Vanzant

The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of…

— Noah Webster

Death isn't enough. It doesn't remove the stain. But a slap, a whiplash, square on the face, does. Because a man's face is as…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

If all boys could be made to know that with every breath of cigarette smoke they inhale imbecility and exhale manhood ... and that…

— Hudson Maxim

“When you truly love someone a part of you is stained in their Color. Their memories, their love, their mannerisms, their vocabulary it all…

— Drishti Bablani

Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.

— William Ames

If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance.

— R. Scott Bakker