Quotations about Stars (from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations)

Edmund Spenser. 1553-1599.

To kerke the narre from God more farre,

Has bene an old-sayd sawe;

And he that strives to touche a starre

Oft stombles at a strawe.

The Shepheardes Calender. July. Line 97.

William Shakespeare.

Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world

Like a Colossus, and we petty men

Walk under his huge legs and peep about

To find ourselves dishonourable graves.

Men at some time are masters of their fates:

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,

But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Julius Cæsar. Act i. Sc. 2.

But I am constant as the northern star,

Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality

There is no fellow in the firmament.

Julius Cæsar. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Doubt thou the stars are fire;

Doubt that the sun doth move;

Doubt truth to be a liar;

But never doubt I love.

Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2.

'T were all one

That I should love a bright particular star,

And think to wed it.

All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1.

Small have continual plodders ever won

Save base authority from others' books.

These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights

That give a name to every fixed star

Have no more profit of their shining nights

Than those that walk and wot not what they are.

Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.

Thomas Carew. 1589-1639.

He that loves a rosy cheek,

Or a coral lip admires,

Or from star-like eyes doth seek

Fuel to maintain his fires,--

As old Time makes these decay,

So his flames must waste away.

Disdain Returned.

Samuel Butler. 1600-1680.

And force them, though it was in spite

Of Nature and their stars, to write.

Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 647.

There 's but the twinkling of a star

Between a man of peace and war.

Line 957.

John Milton. 1608-1674.

A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold,

And pavement stars,--as stars to thee appear

Seen in the galaxy, that milky way

Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest

Powder'd with stars.

Paradise Lost. Book vii. Line 577.

Under the shady roof

Of branching elm star-proof.

Arcades. Line 88.

Joseph Addison. 1672-1719.

Soon as the evening shades prevail,

The moon takes up the wondrous tale,

And nightly to the listening earth

Repeats the story of her birth;

While all the stars that round her burn,

And all the planets in their turn,

Confirm the tidings as they roll,

And spread the truth from pole to pole.

Ode.

Edward Young. 1684-1765.

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 215.

Mrs. Barbauld. 1743-1825.

This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,

And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.

A Summer's Evening Meditation.

Henry W. Longfellow. 1807-1882.

Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.

Evangeline. Part i. 3.

Alfred Tennyson. 1809-1892.

Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace!

Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,

While the stars burn, the moons increase,

And the great ages onward roll.

To J. S.

James Russell Lowell. 1819-1891.

It may be glorious to write

Thoughts that shall glad the two or three

High souls, like those far stars that come in sight

Once in a century.

An Incident in a Railroad Car.

The Simpsons. 1988-

Smithers: Well, Sir, you've certainly vanquished all of your enemies: the elementary school, the local tavern, the old age home... you must be very proud.

Burns: No, not while my greatest nemesis still provides our customers with free light, heat and energy. I call this enemy... the Sun. Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the Sun, I will do the next best thing... block it out!

Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1

Star Quotes - Eric Sandquist - erics "at" mintaka.sdsu.edu