“Had I a heart for falsehood framed,
I ne'er could injure you.”
Act I, sc. v.
The Duenna (1775)
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Irish-British politician, playwright and writer 1751–1816Related quotes
Robert Burns Ae fond kiss, and then we sever...
Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever, st. 2
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
Source: Collected Poems of Robert Burns
Context: But to see her was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met—or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
“1486. Faint Heart ne'er won fair Lady.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Remember the old saying, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 10.
“Who speaks the truth stabs Falsehood to the heart.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
L’ Envoi
Robert Burns Ae fond kiss, and then we sever...
Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever, st. 2
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
Source: Robert Burns
“Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright,
Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
On the Death of Sheridan.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Non ho mai scelto la vita facile, ho sempre scelto ciò che sentivo nel cuore, perché io vivo di sentimenti... di ciò che provo, non di opportunismo, non di falsità... ma di cose semplici, vere.
Source: prevale.net