Ballet Quote by John Milton

And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the checkered shade. And young and old come forth…

— John Milton

And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade, Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.

— Alexander Pope

Me wretched! Let me curr to quercine shades! Effund your albid hausts, lactiferous maids! O, might I vole to some umbrageous clump,-- Depart,--be off,--excede,--evade,--erump!

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of heaven's eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our…

— John Milton

Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better…

— John Milton

From that high mount of God whence light and shade Spring both, the face of brightest heaven had changed To grateful twilight.

— John Milton

“It's a sweet setup, I'll admit. For all that the maids STILL show up each day with jumbo crucifixes, jumpy movements, and red eyes…

— Kresley Cole

Valancy herself had never quite relinquished a certain pitiful, shamed, little hope that Romance would come her way yet—never, until this wet, horrible morning,…

— Anonymous

The only game I like to play is "Old Maid", providing she's not too old

— Groucho Marx

Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.

— Will Cuppy

Compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedes and trade stocks, and less likely to…

— John Leo

You've heard tales of beauty and the beast. How a fair maid falls in love with a monster and sees the beauty of his…

— Karen Maitland