“And rustic life and poverty
Grow beautiful beneath his touch.”
Ode to the Memory of Burns
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Thomas Campbell 64
British writer 1777–1844Related quotes
“Like ice beneath the sun's rays — to such poverty did he fall…his fortune melted to water.”
Book III, ch. 5.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)
About her performance as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, by Charlie Spencer in The Telegraph. After reading the part about Edwina Currie, she refused to read any more of the article.
Criticism, A review of her as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
Lesson 1, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff (1997)
Context: Often we allow ourselves to get all worked up about things that, upon closer examination, aren't really that big a deal. We focus on little problems and blow them out of proportion. … Whether we had to wait in line, listen to unfair criticism, or do the lion's share of the work, it pays enormous dividends if we learn not to worry about little things. So many people spend so much of their life energy "sweating the small stuff" that they completely lose touch with the magic and beauty of life.
“Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.”
Act I, scene iv.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
“Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.”
Source: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Source: The Friends of Voltaire (1906), Ch. 1 : D'Alembert: The Thinker, p. 29