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Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened read more
Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.
You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, read more
You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give me back my heart!
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give me back my heart!
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a
merry heart hath a continual read more
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a
merry heart hath a continual feast.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
cause the widow's heart to read more
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
cause the widow's heart to sing for joy.