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Yonkers that have hearts of oak at fourscore yeares.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: Old Meg of Herefordshire
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A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
Author: Joseph Addison
Source: Sir Roger on the Bench
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I have a heart with room for every joy.
Author: Philip James Bailey
Source: Festus (sc. A Mountain)
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My favoured temple is in an humble heart.
Author: Philip James Bailey
Source: Festus (sc. Colonnade and Lawn)
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
cause the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Author: Bible
Source: Job (ch. XXIX, v. 13)
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Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also
in me.
Author: Bible
Source: John (ch. XIV, v. 1)
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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VI, v. 21)
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The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with his joy.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. XIV, v. 10)
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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. XV, v. 13)
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All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a
merry heart hath a continual feast.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. XV, v. 15)
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A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his
steps.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. XVI, v. 9)
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He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXXIII, v. 15)
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My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
Author: Robert Burns
Source: My Heart's in the Highlands, from an old song, "The Strong Winds of Derry"
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His heart was one of those which most enamour us,
Wax to receive, and marble to retain.
Author: Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
Source: Beppo (st. 34)
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Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give me back my heart!
Author: Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
Source: Maid of Athens (st. 1)
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Soul of fibre and heart of oak.
[Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.]
Author: Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Source: Don Quixote (II, 70)
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My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as
marble to retain.
Author: Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Source: The Little Gypsy
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No command of art,
No toil, can help you hear;
Earth's minstrelsy falls clear
But on the listening heart.
Author: John Vance Cheney
Source: The Listening Heart
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Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.
Author: George Crabbe
Source: The Borough (letter XVII)
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"There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, ". . . in the human heart
that had better not be wibrated."
Author: Charles Dickens
Source: Barnaby Rudge (ch. XXII)
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The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;
And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
Author: Emily Dickinson
Source: Poems (IX), (ed. 1891)
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My peace is gone, my heart is heavy.
[Ger., Meine Ruh ist hin,
Mein Herz ist schwer.]
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source: Faust (I, 15)
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Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source: Iphigenia anf Tauris (IV, 4, 123)
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A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.
[Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source: Torquato Tasso (IV, 4, 24)
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There is an evening twilight of the heart,
When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.
Author: Fitz-Greene Halleck
Source: Twilight
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment. •Bible Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. •Gaelic Proverb There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. •Gilbert K. Chesterton If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. •Arabian Proverb The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. •Benjamin Franklin See with your mind, hear with your heart. •Kurdish Proverb Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. •David Hare Were it not for hope the heart would break.
Author: Bible
Source: None
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It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters. •Evander Holyfield The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. •Deepak Chopra Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. •Ovid Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. •Ralph Waldo Emerson A heart in love with beauty never grows old. •Turkish Proverb To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Author: Evander Holyfield
Source: None
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