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Heart: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.— ADDISON — Sir Roger on the Bench.
I have a heart with room for every joy.— BAILEY — Festus. Sc. A Mountain.
The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell dwells within myself.— SIR THOMAS BROWNE — Religio Medici. Pt. I. Sec. LI.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.— BURNS — My Heart's in the Highlands.
His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain.— BYRON — Beppo. St. 34.
儀 Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart!— BYRON — Maid of Athens. St. 1.
Make room, my heart! that pour'st thyself abroad Deep, central, awful mystery of God! Lord of my bosom! wonder of the breast! "Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest."— ABRAHAM COLES — Man, the Microcosm.
P. 67. Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.— CRABBE — The Borough. Letter XVII.
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. S.— EMILY DICKINSON — Poems.
IX. (Ed. 1891.) There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.— FITZ — GREENE HALLECK-Twilight.
For his heart was in his work, and the heart Giveth grace unto every Art.— LONGFELLOW — The Building of the Ship. L. 7.
Something the heart must have to cherish, Must love, and joy, and sorrow learn; Something with passion clasp, or perish, And in itself to ashes burn.— LONGFELLOW — Hyperion. Bk. II.
Introduction. Better to have the poet's heart than brain, Feeling than song.— GEORGE MACDONALD — Within and Without. Pt. III. Sc. 9. L. 30.
The heart is like an instrument whose strings Steal nobler music from Life's many frets: The golden threads are spun thro' Suffering's fire, Wherewith the marriage-robes for heaven are woven: And all the rarest hues of human life Take radiance, and are rainbow'd out in tears.— GERALD MASSEY — Wedded Love.
But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES (Lord Houghton)-The Brookside. And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon.— MOORE — Ill Omens.
Oh, the heart is a free and a fetterless thing, - A wave of the ocean, a bird on the wing.— JULIA PARDOE — The Captive Greek Girl.
The incense of the heart may rise.— PIERPONT — Every Place a Temple.
C. The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.— QUARLES — Emblems. Bk. I.
Hugo de Anima. This house is to be let for life or years, Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears; Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known, She must be dearly let, or let alone.— QUARLES — Emblems. Bk. II.
Epigram X. Even at this sight My heart is turn'd to stone: and while 'tis mine, It shall be stony.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 49.
The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act IV. Sc. I. L. 147.
Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.— SHELLEY — The Cenci. Act V. Sc. 2.
Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night III. L. 226.
Who, for the poor renown of being smart, Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?— YOUNG — Love of Fame. Satire II. L. 113.
L'oreille est le chemin du cœur. The ear is the avenue to the heart.— VOLTAIRE — Réponse au Roi de Prusse.