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He bore a simple wild-flower wreath: Narcissus, and the sweet brier rose; Vervain, and flexile thyme, that breathe Rich fragrance; modest heath, that glows With purple bells; the amaranth bright, That no decay, nor fading knows, Like true love's holiest, rarest light; And every purest flower, that blows In that sweet time, which Love most blesses, When spring on summer's confines presses.
thomas love peacock— Rhododaphne, Canto I, line 107.
To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities with spiritual fervour , to give wings of eternity to that which is most ephemeral; to make divine things human and human things divine; such is Bach , the greatest and purest moment in music of all time.
— Pablo Casals, in CONCERTS AT SAINT THOMAS - Saint Thomas Church
Maths is the purest science in that you don't need any test tubes or animal testing to do it. All the other sciences eventually boil down to maths, apart from biology, which boils down to soup.
Guy Browning— 2004 In The Guardian,19 Jun.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
thomas gray— St. 14. (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750))
Freedom is more than just a word and a patriotic concept. It is the purest intent of God.
steve maraboli— p. 73 (Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010))
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace . The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm .
— Charles Caleb Colton, in History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio ..., O.L. Baskin, 1880, p.577
Chaste as the icicle That's curded by the frost from purest snow And hangs on Dian's temple.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (c. 1607-08), Act V, scene 3, line 66.
God Almighty first planted a garden; and indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Francis Bacon— 1625 Essays, no.46,'Of Gardens'.
It is acting inits purest form.You havetoact with youreyes.
helena bonham carter— 2001On playing a chimp in Planet of the Apes. In the Observer, 30 Dec.
Of all the sights and sounds which attracted me on my first arrival to live in London in the mid-thirties, one combined operation left a lingering, individual spell. I naturally went to Hyde Park to hear the orators, the best of the many free entertainments on offer in the capital. I heard the purest milk of the world flowing, then as now, from the platform of the Socialist Party of Great Britain.
michael foot— Debts of Honour, 1980.
The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema
alfred hitchcock— As quoted in Hitchcock (1967) by François Truffaut
Couples should keep their love pure before it poisons the purest love of all - that between them and their children
siddharth katragadda— The Other Wife(2003) by Siddharth Katragadda page 15
The purest love is the one between parents and their children. The rest may be more elevated, but never as deep or long-lasting
siddharth katragadda— The Other Wife(2003) by Siddharth Katragadda page 44
The purest water is formed by flowing through the muddiest mountains
siddharth katragadda— Dark Rooms (2002) by Siddharth Katragadda page 45
Working with Heath was one of the purest joys of my life. He brought to the role of Ennis more than any of us could have imagined - a thirst for life, for love, and for truth, and a vulnerability that made everyone who knew him love him. His death is heartbreaking.
heath ledger— Ang Lee, director of Brokeback Mountain. In Quotes: Heath Ledger Tributes". BBC News, Entertainment. bbc.co.uk (BBC) (January 23, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-08-23.
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
— Charles Caleb Colton, in History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio ..., O.L. Baskin, 1880, p.577
The purest treasure mortal times affordIs spotless reputation; that away,Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Richard II (c. 1595), Act I, scene 1, line 177.
Faith is never identical with "piety" even if it were the purest and finest.
Karl Barth— As quoted in The Beginnings of Dialectic Theology, Vol. 1 (1968) edited by James M. Robinson
[On yoga] Once you've completed a wonderful class, you get a sense of the deepest, purest part of yourself. You feel like you are connected to everybody else in the world.
jennifer beals— Jennifer Beals on yoga (Date unknown)
There's a woman like a dewdrop, she's so purer than the purest.
Robert Browning— Bells and Pomegranates No. V: A Blot in the 'Scutcheon (1843), Act i, scene iii.
[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole.... Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive to all the newest humanitarian ideas; and our sympathy goes out to all the unfortunate, all the oppressed.
isaac leib peretz— Quoted in Jewish Affairs (Johannesburg), June 1952, p. 28. See Alle Verk, xii. 318.
I fear you. As victors, you may become the bureaucracy: doling out to each his bit as in a poorhouse, assigning to each his task as in a prison. And you will exterminate the creator of new worlds, the free human will, and stop up the purest well of human happiness the power of the one to face thousands, to stand up to peoples and generations.
isaac leib peretz— Hofnung un Shrek, 1906. S. Liptzin. Peretz. Yivo, 1947, p. 279.
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.
john ruskin— Volume II, chapter V, section 30.
Book love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
Anthony Trollope— Speech at the opening of an art exhibition at Bolton Mechanics' Institution (7 December 1868)
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.
— Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) by Monty Python
There's a woman like a dew-drop, She's so purer than the purest.
Robert Browning— Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'Scutcheon, Act I, scene 3.
From purest wells of English undefiled None deeper drank than he, the New World's Child, Who in the language of their farm field spoke The wit and wisdom of New England folk.
john greenleaf whittier— John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell.
