Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps;
Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.
Christmas Quotes
Most of the quotes on this page are not about Christmas at all. We built it from the pages on family, love and gratitude, which is what people tend to want for a card or a toast.
That makes it a long list, ordered by quality rather than by how seasonal each entry feels. If you want something that sounds like Christmas, search for it. If you want something that would be true at any family table, start here.
I loved too much and by such and such is happiness thrown away.
Suppose we try to locate the cause of disorder, we shall find it lies in the want of mutual love.
Is love merely a cog in the wheel of the illusion of our species' procreation?
To dream on occasion is not dreaming; to love on occasion is not love.
It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.
I'll be this abject thing no more,
Love, give me back my heart again.
Love your Country next to God, your honor, and most of all yourself.
If a woman does not get love in her life, it is better for her to die.
Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.
She looked up at the towering wisdom and felt a sudden love for it—as if these books were family.
As harsh as Love-Kiss might sound in your ears it will resonate more swetly to your heart.
The eyes hold tears for so long, let us fill it with love and passion.