So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless faithful only he.

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless faithful only he.

Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.

Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their read more

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.

To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.

To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to read more

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.

Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.

Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.

To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay
Till the end o' the daay
An read more

To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay
Till the end o' the daay
An the last load hoam.

It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that read more

It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him gives me a sort of right to do it.

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.