Art Quote by Aulus Persius Flaccus

O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.

— George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if…

— Francis Quarles

Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?

— Marcus Aurelius

Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen,…

— William Shakespeare

Whatsoever thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth.

— Lord Byron

O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost…

— Henry Fielding

“Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without,…

— St. Augustine of Hippo

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

— John Keats

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe…

— John Keats

Thou art so witty, wicked, and so thin, Thou art at once the Devil, Death, and Sin.

— Anonymous

Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Blow, blow thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen,…

— William Shakespeare