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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt read more
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
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.
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
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!
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Each one sees what he carries in his heart
Each one sees what he carries in his 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.]
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
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
