Dark Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.

— Anonymous

True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.

— Julius Charles Hare

Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest!

— Aleister Crowley

When evening closes Nature's eye, The glow-worm lights her little spark To captivate her favorite fly And tempt the rover through the dark.

— James Montgomery

He who recognizes no higher logic than that of the shilling may become a very rich man, and yet remain all the while an…

— Samuel Smiles

Some feelings are quite untranslatable; no language has yet been found for them. They gleam upon us beautifully through the dim twilight of fancy,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Glow-worms on the ground are moving, As if in the torch-dance circling.

— Heinrich Heine

For as nightingales do upon glow-worms feed, So poets live upon the living light.

— Philip James Bailey

We are all worms. However, I like to think I'm a glow worm

— Winston Churchill

The little and the great are joined in one By God's great force. The wondrous golden sun Is linked unto the glow-worm's tiny spark;…

— Emma Lazarus

The eastern light our spires touch at morning, The light that slants upon our western doors at evening, The twilight over stagnant pools at…

— T. S. Eliot

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

— Arthur Schopenhauer