Inspirational Quotes by Edward Taylor

“Turnus was distraught with love and fixed his eyes on Lavinia.”

“For you [muses] are divine, and you have the gifts of memory and story; but only the faintest echo of the great tale has come down to me”

“Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuuabit.”

“Haec ubi dicta dedit, lacrimantem et multa uolentem dicere deseruit, tenuesque recessit in auras. Ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum; ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago, par leuibus uentis uolucrique simillima somno.”

“Such were my wild words, for madness had mastered my judgement and gained complete control.”

“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes”

“A fickle and changeful thing is woman ever”

“Nothing ever seems so good as what one keeps to oneself.”

“What does she want now?’ said the fish.”

“miserable. Then”

“to-morrow chop”

“At twelve o'clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house: go up to her and give her a kiss, and she will let you lead her away; but take care you do not suffer her to go and take leave of her father and mother.”

“Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.”

“Then he sat down by the grave, and wept and mourned, till at last he died too; and so all were dead.”

“The ring-dove sang from the willow spray, Well-a-day! Well-a-day! He mourn'd for the fate of his darling mate, Well-a-day!”

“widow”

“The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch;”

“going to be hanged.' As he came nearer, he saw that the two men were his brothers, who had turned robbers; so he said, 'Cannot they in any way be saved?' But the people said 'No,' unless he would bestow all his money upon the rascals and buy their liberty. Then he did not stay to think about”

“But if my forces are not enough, I am hardly the one to relent, I’ll plead for the help I need, wherever it may be - if I cannot sway the heavens, I’ll wake the powers of hell!”

“She prayed then to whatever power may care in comprehending justice for the grief of lovers bound unequally by love.”