"An eternal question about children is, how should……" — Thomas Moore
"An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient part of the machinery of society. But on all these counts, soul is neglected."
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58 Quotes by Thomas Moore
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A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
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Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
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Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else…
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And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
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Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
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It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but…
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All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when…
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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
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Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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