Sprightly Quotes

13 quotes by 10 authors

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but… — Lord Chesterfield
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance. — William Wordsworth
Sing of the nature of women, and then the song shall be surely full of variety; old crotchets and most sweet closes. It shall be… — John Marston
When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow… — John Dryden
My nun, which is how I think of her, was the most profound witness for God's love I've ever encountered in this world. She was… — Cathleen Falsani
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand… — William Wordsworth
None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the… — John Dryden
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not… — Michel de Montaigne
True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That… — Alexander Pope
..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it. — Henry James
Where souls do couch on flowers, we'll hand in hand, And with our sprightly port make the ghosts gaze. — Shakespeare

Who Wrote These Sprightly Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 13 Sprightly Quotes as follows: