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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.

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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.

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My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me.

My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me.

by Sir John Vanbrugh Found in: Heart Quotes,
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Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Heart Quotes,
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The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with his joy.

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with his joy.

by Bible Found in: Heart Quotes,
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A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.

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There is an evening twilight of the heart,
When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.

There is an evening twilight of the heart,
When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.

by Fitz-greene Halleck Found in: Heart Quotes,
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

by Jane Austen Found in: Heart Quotes,
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Heart Quotes,
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