“Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.” SweetOvercomingDifficultyRecollection Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The limner's art may trace the absent feature, And give the eye of distant weeping faith To view the form of its idolatry; But oh! the scenes 'mid which they met and parted; The thoughts--the recollections sweet and bitter,-- Th' Elysian dreams of lovers, when they loved,-- Who shall restore them?” GivingMayArtDreamEyeFormViewsSweetLoversMetsSceneSeparationBitterFeaturesAbsentWeepingRecollectionIdolatry Book:Betram, Or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand: A Trgedy ... Source: Betram, Or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand: A Trgedy ...
“I was kind of sweet kid, according my mother, and my recollections. Thoughtful and good, but kind of alone - although I didn't interpret it that way, as such. Children never interpret these things. They think they understand logically.” ThinkingWayKindChildrenKidsMotherSweetThoughtfulRecollection Author:George Carlin
“War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle. I have a more vivid recollection of the first that the last one I was in. It is a classical maxim that it is sweet and becoming to die for one's country; but whoever has seen the horrors of a battlefield feels that it is far sweeter to live for it.” FeelsFirstsWarCountryLastsRomanceDiesLosesDealsSweetBecomingHorrorBattleSoldierMaximsVividBattlefieldsRecollection Author:John S. Mosby
“Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain.” LongMomentsCharacterPainJoyMotherFatherLostPleasureGriefTearsSweetBrokenSacredEmbraceBitterCupsSolemnRecollectionOrphanSisters And MothersJoy And Grief Book:Oliver Twist Source: Oliver Twist