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Nightingale Quotes

The nightingale is sovereign of song Picture Quote #1

It was the lark, the herald of the morn; no nightingale Picture Quote #1

Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree. Believe me, love, it was the nightingale Picture Quote #1

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better Picture Quote #1

I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King Picture Quote #1

To the red rising moon, and loud and deep the nightingale is singing from the steep Picture Quote #1

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Even a man’s exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale Picture Quote #1

In a twilight garden, when a brown nightingale starts singing, what is left to a blonde chicken is to remain silent Picture Quote #1

I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ] Picture Quote #1

I think The Nightingale is my best, most mature, most moving novel, but maybe that’s just because I love these characters. I love the setting Picture Quote #1

A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, surely, quoth he, thou art all voice and nothing else Picture Quote #1

I was raised on the brothers Grimm, but my favorite fairy tales in the world are Oscar Wilde’s - ‘The Nightingale and the Rose,’ ‘The Selfish Giant.’ The latter is probably my all-time favorite Picture Quote #1

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Fare thee well my nightingale, I lived but to be near you. Thow you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you Picture Quote #1

You can be a flower in somebody’s garden or a pig or the sunshine or a crow or a nightingale! Be something nice in someone else’s garden Picture Quote #1

IN MEMORIAM: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE She whom we love, our Lady of Compassion, Can never die, for Love forbids her death. Love has bent down in his old kindly fashion, And breathed upon her his immortal breath. On wounded soldiers, in their anguish lying, Her gentle spirit shall descend like rain. Where the white flag with the red cross is flying, There shall she dwell, the vanquisher of pain Picture Quote #1

By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature Picture Quote #1

It is a flaw In happiness to see beyond our bourn, - It forces us in summer skies to mourn, It spoils the singing of the nightingale Picture Quote #1

Last night the nightingale woke me, last night, when all was still. It sang in the golden moonlight, from out the woodland hill Picture Quote #1

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America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle Picture Quote #1

Except I be by Silvia in the night, there is no music in the nightingale; unless I look on Silvia in the day, there is no day for me to look upon Picture Quote #1

It is modest of the nightingale not to require anyone to listen to it; but it is also proud of the nightingale not to care whether any one listens to it or not Picture Quote #1

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity Picture Quote #1

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why Picture Quote #1

Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself Picture Quote #1

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I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us; but I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any suckling dove; I will roar you an ‘twere any nightingale Picture Quote #1

But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me Picture Quote #1

Say that she rail, why then I'll tell her plain she sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown, I'll say she looks as clear as morning roses newly washed with dew. Say she be mute and will not speak a word, then I'll commend her volubility and say she uttereth piercing eloquence Picture Quote #1

I have now learnt to despise you, he said. You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame! Picture Quote #1

It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear; nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree Picture Quote #1

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The nightingale is sovereign of song (Nightingale Quotes) It was the lark, the herald of the morn; no nightingale (Nightingale Quotes) Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree. Believe me, love, it was the nightingale (Nightingale Quotes) A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better (Nightingale Quotes) I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King. (Nightingale Quotes) To the red rising moon, and loud and deep the nightingale is singing from the steep (Nightingale Quotes) Even a man’s exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale (Nightingale Quotes) In a twilight garden, when a brown nightingale starts singing, what is left to a blonde chicken is to remain silent (Nightingale Quotes) I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ]. (Nightingale Quotes) I think The Nightingale is my best, most mature, most moving novel, but maybe that’s just because I love these characters. I love the setting. (Nightingale Quotes) A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, surely, quoth he, thou art all voice and nothing else. (Nightingale Quotes) I was raised on the brothers Grimm, but my favorite fairy tales in the world are Oscar Wilde’s - ‘The Nightingale and the Rose,’ ‘The Selfish Giant.’ The latter is probably my all-time favorite. (Nightingale Quotes) Fare thee well my nightingale, I lived but to be near you. Thow you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you (Nightingale Quotes) You can be a flower in somebody’s garden or a pig or the sunshine or a crow or a nightingale! Be something nice in someone else’s garden. (Nightingale Quotes) IN MEMORIAM: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE She whom we love, our Lady of Compassion, Can never die, for Love forbids her death. Love has bent down in his old kindly fashion, And breathed upon her his immortal breath. On wounded soldiers, in their anguish lying, Her gentle spirit shall descend like rain. Where the white flag with the red cross is flying, There shall she dwell, the vanquisher of pain. (Nightingale Quotes) By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature. (Nightingale Quotes) It is a flaw In happiness to see beyond our bourn, - It forces us in summer skies to mourn, It spoils the singing of the nightingale. (Nightingale Quotes) Last night the nightingale woke me, last night, when all was still. It sang in the golden moonlight, from out the woodland hill (Nightingale Quotes) America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle (Nightingale Quotes) Except I be by Silvia in the night, there is no music in the nightingale; unless I look on Silvia in the day, there is no day for me to look upon (Nightingale Quotes) It is modest of the nightingale not to require anyone to listen to it; but it is also proud of the nightingale not to care whether any one listens to it or not (Nightingale Quotes) In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity (Nightingale Quotes) A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why (Nightingale Quotes) Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself (Nightingale Quotes) I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us; but I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any suckling dove; I will roar you an ‘twere any nightingale (Nightingale Quotes) But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me (Nightingale Quotes) Say that she rail, why then I'll tell her plain she sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown, I'll say she looks as clear as morning roses newly washed with dew. Say she be mute and will not speak a word, then I'll commend her volubility and say she uttereth piercing eloquence (Nightingale Quotes) I have now learnt to despise you, he said. You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame! (Nightingale Quotes) It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear; nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree (Nightingale Quotes)