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Only do what your heart tells you.
Only do what your heart tells you.
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
 My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as 
marble to retain.  
 My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as 
marble to retain. 
The heart is the only broken instrument that works.
The heart is the only broken instrument that works.
The difference between your mind and your heart: Your mind tells you what is smart and your heart tells you read more
The difference between your mind and your heart: Your mind tells you what is smart and your heart tells you what you're going to do anyway.
 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! 
The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand
The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her
 The heart asks pleasure first,
 And then, excuse from pain;
  And then, those little anodynes
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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.