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Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
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
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
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.]
Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
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Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.
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.]
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.