Maiden Quotes

122 quotes by 100 authors

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. — Francis Bacon
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve. — Miguel de Cervantes
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on… — John Henrik Clarke
King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... settle your debt to the king of Heaven;… — Joan of Arc
My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to… — Alice Walker
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I saw Gabriel, like a maiden, or like the moon amongst the stars. His hair was like a woman's, falling in long tresses...He is the… — Ruzbihan Baqli
The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue, Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees,… — Walter Scott
'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd… — Walter Scott
In the spangled sky, the rainbow, the woodland hung with diamonds, the sward sown with pearly dew, the rosy dawn, the golden clouds of even,… — Thomas Guthrie
War is a fevered god who takes alike maiden and king and clod.... — Hilda Doolittle
This is my maiden voyage. My first speech since I was the president of the United States and I couldn't think of a better place… — George W. Bush
Chastity seems to have come as a late development. What the primitive maiden dreaded was not the loss of her virginity but a reputation for… — Charmian Clift
Target launch date for Falcon I maiden flight is Halloween(October 31) from our island launch complex in the Kwajalein Atoll. For potential customers out there,… — Elon Musk
And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon. — Charles Lamb
With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad. — A. E. Housman
It still may take some explaining, but many more women are keeping their birth names (and not calling them maiden names, with all the sexual… — Gloria Steinem
Jerusalem Maiden is a page-turning and thought-provoking novel. Extraordinary sensory detail vividly conjures another time and place; heroine Esther Kaminskyâ€™s poignant struggle transcends time and… — Binnie Kirshenbaum
So a maiden, while she remains untouched, remains dear to her own; but when she has lost her chaste flower with sullied body, she remains… — Catullus
For before this I was born once a boy, and a maiden, and a plant, and a bird, and a darting fish in the sea. — Empedocles

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