Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn.
The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.
The fairest harmony springs from discord.
Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural power corrupts both the heart and the understanding.
Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.
Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts.
Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art, As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel; For well thou know'st to my dear doting heart Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel.
For 'tis green, green, green, where the ruined towers are gray, And it's green, green, green, all the happy night and day; Green of leaf and green of sod, green of ivy on the wall, And the blessed Irish shamrock with the fairest green of all.
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
[On Venice:] A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola.
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
Industry has annexed thereto the fairest fruits and the richest rewards.
If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
Compassion, the fairest associate of the heart.
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision.
Words are naught but wind, and the fairest promises like dreams that take flight with the morning.
My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.
