Distance

'T is distance lends enchantment to the view,And robes the mountain in its azure hue.

— Distance

In notes by distance made more sweet.

— Distance

As distant prospects please us, but when nearWe find but desert rocks and fleeting air.

— Distance

From a distance, there is harmony It's the voice of every man.

— Distance

From a distance we are instruments They're the songs of every man.

— Distance

From a distance you look like my friend What all this war is for.

— Distance

Remote fountains are of little help to nearby fires.

— Distance

Love is like a landscape which doth standSmooth at a distance, rough at hand.

— Distance

Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.

— Distance

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

— Distance

By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.

— Distance

Already, the distance between what I was and am is insurmountable — like an ant contemplating the Cosmos. I guess there is really nothing left to say.

— Distance

Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.

— Distance

Sweetest melodies.Are those that are by distance made more sweet.

— Distance

Yon foaming flood seems motionless as ice;Frozen by distance.

— Distance

We're charm'd with distant views of happiness,But near approaches make the prospect less.

— Distance