It is a very strange sensation to inexperience youth to feel itself quite alone the world, cut adrift from every connection, uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments from returning to that it has quitted. The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half an hour elapsed, and still I was alone.
Quotes about sweetens (6 Quotes)
It is a very strange sensation to inexperienced youth to feel itself quite alone in the world, cut adrift from every connection, uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments to returning to that it has quitted. The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it...
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle age but increases its worth and sweetens its tone
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
Gaiety that sweetens existence and makes it wholesome a sense of humor, a zest of enjoyment this is the accompaniment of courage which gives it a supreme value. Something of the high laughter of a Cyrano de Bergerac the world needs it.