Quotes
Quotes about Art
The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.
Yonkers that have hearts of oak at fourscore yeares.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
I have a heart with room for every joy.
My favoured temple is in an humble heart.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I cause the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain.
Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart!
Soul of fibre and heart of oak. [Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.]
My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
No command of art, No toil, can help you hear; Earth's minstrelsy falls clear But on the listening heart.
Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.
"There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, ". . . in the human heart that had better not be wibrated."
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.
My peace is gone, my heart is heavy. [Ger., Meine Ruh ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer.]
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured. [Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
