Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

The stream is always purer at its source.
[Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]

The stream is always purer at its source.
[Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the read more

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.

That water which wall from some Alpine height is dashed, broken,
and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by read more

That water which wall from some Alpine height is dashed, broken,
and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall.
[It., Quell' onda, che ruina
Dalla pendice alpina,
Balza, si frange, e mormora
Ma limpida si fa.]

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure