Quote by Robert Bridges

And now impatiently despairest, see How nought is changed: Joy's wisdom is attired Splended for others' eyes if not for thee: Not love or beauty or youth from earth is fled: If they delite thee not, 'tis thou art dead.

And now impatiently despairest, see How nought is changed: J

Summary

This quote conveys a message about perception and perspective. It suggests that despite the narrator's impatience and despair, nothing has actually changed. It implies that the wisdom and joy in life may still exist, but they may only be visible to others and not to the narrator. The quote implies that love, beauty, and youth have not disappeared from the world, but rather, it is the narrator's perception that fails to appreciate and delight in these qualities. Ultimately, it suggests that one's own mindset and attitude are crucial in experiencing the joys of life.

Topics

Wisdom Life Art Beauty Love

By Robert Bridges

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Forget yourself and go to work.

Forget yourself and go to work.

Bryant S. Hinckley

Inspirational Lds Prophet

The whole thing about making films in an organic film on loc

The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes, it's also about place and the poetry of place. It's about the spirit of what you find, the accidents of what you stumble across.

I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a ver

I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consc

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously overcompensates a secret doubt.

At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commerc

At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'

It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun brea

It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit.

William Shakespeare

In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late

In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year.

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the mi

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.

Rules Capitalization

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism

Henry Louis Mencken

Truth Adventure Mind

Everybody's funny in different ways.

Everybody's funny in different ways.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only b

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.

Honore de Balzac