Mark Twain Quotes, Heart Quotes, Want Quotes

The longing of my heart is a fairy portrait of myself: I want to be pretty; I want to eliminate facts and fill up the gap with charms.

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From yon blue heavens above us bent The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.

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Tags : Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes , Smile Quotes , Heart Quotes

if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.

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Tags : Jane Austen Quotes , Heart Quotes , Men Quotes

Aristotle ... imputed this symphony of the heavens ... this music of the spheres to Pythagorus. ... But Pythagoras alone of mortals is said to have heard this harmony ... If our hearts were as pure, as chaste, as snowy as Pythagoras' was, our ears would resound and be filled with that supremely lovely music of the wheeling stars.

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Tags : John Milton Quotes , Stars Quotes , Heart Quotes

She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.

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Watch tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you!

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Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

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Tags : Alan Furst Quotes , Heart Quotes , Paris Quotes

He felt he had lost it for good, he knew what it was to have been in communication with her, and to be cast off again. In misery, his heart like a heavy stone, he went about unliving.

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Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Communication Quotes , Heart Quotes

It will take all your heart, it will take all your breath It will be short, it will not be simple

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Tags : Adrienne Rich Quotes , Heart Quotes , Simple Quotes

Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Believe Quotes , Heart Quotes

Jesus was not sent here to teach the people to build magnificent churches and temples amidst the cold wretched huts and dismal hovels. He came to make the human heart a temple, and the soul an altar, and the mind a priest.

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When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen

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Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Heart Quotes , Knowledge Quotes

Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.

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Tags : John Donne Quotes , Heart Quotes , Blow Quotes

The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.

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Tags : Abbey Lincoln Quotes , Heart Quotes , World Quotes

Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.

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Tags : Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes , Spiritual Quotes , Heart Quotes

It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.

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Tags : Alan Cohen Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Heart Quotes

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. He only is right who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded by worry, fret and anxiety. Finish every day, and be done with it. You have done what you could.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Writing Quotes , Heart Quotes

The blood weeps from my heart when I do shape, In forms imaginary, th' unguided days And rotten times that you shall look upon When I am sleeping with my ancestors.

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Then it is also in my heart to be worthy of your hate.

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Tags : Khalil Gibran Quotes , Hate Quotes , Heart Quotes