Tender

Famous quotes containing the word tender:

“If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare,
One cordial in this melancholy vale,
‘T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair
In other’s arms breathe out the tender tale,”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)

“That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy?
Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?””
—William Blake (1757–1827)