Quote by John Crowe Ransom

And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard. You know how dangerous, gentlemen of threescore? May you know it yet ten more.

And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard. You k

Summary

This quote suggests that a beautiful and free-spirited person can be as unpredictable and potentially dangerous as a sharp blade removed from its protective sheath. The phrase "wandering beauty" refers to someone who is unconventional, independent, and possibly untamed, rather than conforming to societal norms. The speaker cryptically warns a group of gentlemen in their sixties that they may already be aware of this potential danger, and hopes that they will further understand and be cautious about it in the future.

Topics

Beauty Gentlemen

By John Crowe Ransom

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Science may never come up with a better office communication

Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.

Communication

You must have love as the core it takes courage to be willin

You must have love as the core it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

God is the supreme uncreated light of which Wisdom is born,

God is the supreme uncreated light of which Wisdom is born, but there was never a time when God's Wisdom did not exist.

Merritt Y. Hughes

Wisdom Life Religion Absurd

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, neverin n

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, neverin nothing, great or small, large or pettynever give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

Sir Winston Churchill

I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in

I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation.

Religion

I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all

I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone.

Michael Moriarty

Legal

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Death

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fi

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

Funny

The monster nevers dies.

The monster nevers dies.

Death Monster

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

John Shelby Spong

God

Maud Muller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadows sweet with

Maud Muller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadows sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Health Beauty Wealth

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

Love