Taper Quotes

31 quotes by 24 authors

To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose. — Oliver Goldsmith
Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight; With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To… — John Keats
He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening… — Thomas Jefferson
The taste for books was an early one. As a child he was sometimes found at midnight by a page still reading. They took his… — Virginia Woolf
Glass shattered, vampires roared, humans screamed. The noise battered at me, just as the tidal wave of scores of brains at high gear washed over… — Charlaine Harris
There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and… — Charles Lamb
She had a bracelet on one taper arm, which would fall down over her round wrist. Mr. Thornton watched the replacing of this troublesome ornament… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off. — Norman Ralph Augustine
Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth, And add each night a lustre till afar An eightfold splendor… — Emma Lazarus
Now sit we close about this taper here, And call in question our necessities. — William Shakespeare

Who Wrote These Taper Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 31 Taper Quotes as follows: