Sanguine – Quotes

When you are corn

When you are corn and roses and at rest I shall endure, a dense and sanguine ghost To haunt the scene where I was happiest To bend above the thing I loved the most Edna St. Vincent Millay

I decline the election. It has ever been my rule through life, to observe a proportion between my efforts and my objects. I have never been remarkable for a bold, active, and sanguine pursuit of advantages that are personal to myself. Edmund Burke

O, the mulberry-tree is

O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green; But as the time steals onwards, while none perceives Slowly she clothes herself with leaves– Hides her fruit under them, hard to find. . . . . But by and by, when the flowers grow few And the fruits are … Read more

Sanguine chuckled. I like

Sanguine chuckled. I like you, boy. You got optimism in these bones. I like you so much that I ain’t gonna tell you what I did to poor old Jethro, the first Jethro, may he rest in peace, may they someday find his head. Derek Landy

There’s a clock on

There’s a clock on the wall. Press your hand against the face and turn it very slightly to the. Left. There’ll be a click to tell you it’s done. Sounds easy enough. Yes it does, said Sanguine. Kiss for good luck? Maybe later, said Gracious. How about a handshake? Asked Donegan. Derek Landy

Sanguine felt the ridiculous

Sanguine felt the ridiculous urge to reach out and poke him, just to see if he’d react, but he’d seen that kind of anger before. It was the quiet kind. The dangerous kind. Derek Landy

Heroism, or military glory,

Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. They consider it as the most sublime kind of merit. Menof cool reflection are not so sanguine in their praises of it. David Hume

That glorious vision of

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds. Charles Dickens

The engaged mind, illuminated

The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more – this essential energy of the soul is not an ecstatic trance, high emotion or a sanguine stance toward life: It is a fierce longing for God, an unyielding resolve to live in and … Read more

I fear for the

I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that. Bette Midler