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.
Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
None knows the reason why this curse
Was sent on him, this love of making verse.
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
Love is the law, love under will.
What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve:
The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.