Famous quotes containing the word tender:
“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.”
—Peter Ustinov (b. 1921)
“When the ground was partially bare of snow, and a few warm days had dried its surface somewhat, it was pleasant to compare the first tender signs of the infant year just peeping forth with the stately beauty of the withered vegetation which had withstood the winter ... decent weeds, at least, which widowed Nature wears.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare,
One cordial in this melancholy vale,
T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair
In others arms breathe out the tender tale,”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
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