"You are as prone to love as the……" — Thomas Traherne

You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine;… - Thomas Traherne

"You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans."

— Thomas Traherne

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38 Quotes by Thomas Traherne

Thomas Traherne has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is…
Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's…
You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the…
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things,…
This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting…
The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet…
To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.
I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by…
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary…
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.
Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them…
Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly…

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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock. — John Barrymore
How delightful to find a friend in everyone. — Joseph Brodsky
You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them. — Bill Bryson
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the… — Louisa May Alcott
I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting. — Lord Byron
Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its… — Arthur Dove
All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss. — Edmund Spenser
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making… — William Cowper
Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. — Doug Larson
I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of… — Helen Keller
We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep.… — Jerry Seinfeld
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when… — Alexander Smith

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