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Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel read more
Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
No words are necessary between two loving hearts
No words are necessary between two loving hearts
In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most
unhappy kind of misfortune.
[Lat., In read more
In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most
unhappy kind of misfortune.
[Lat., In omni adversitate fortunae, infelicissimum genus est
infortunii fuisse felicem.]
If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of read more
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
