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Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Soul of fibre and heart of oak.
[Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.]
Soul of fibre and heart of oak.
[Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.]
Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
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.
No command of art,
No toil, can help you hear;
Earth's minstrelsy falls clear
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No command of art,
No toil, can help you hear;
Earth's minstrelsy falls clear
But on the listening heart.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.
The heart is the only broken instrument that works.
The heart is the only broken instrument that works.
