Associations to the word «Pensive»

Wiktionary

PENSIVE, adjective. Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
PENSIVE, adjective. Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.

Dictionary definition

PENSIVE, adjective. Deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";.
PENSIVE, adjective. Showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca