“I dwell in a lonely house I know
That vanished many a summer ago.”
“I know nothing and my heart aches”
“What I carry in my heart
Brings us so close or so far apart.
Only love can make love.”
That Voice Again
Song lyrics, So (1986)
“Man, during his abode in this world, knows not his own heart.”
On the Last Day
Context: Man, during his abode in this world, knows not his own heart. Self-love spreads a veil over his imperfections, and conceals the knowledge of his true state, both from himself and from others. But on this day he shall be seen in his true dress, both by himself and by all mankind. The just man is disregarded and despised in this world: he is subjected in a great measure to the will of the sinner; his life is esteemed folly, and his end without honour. He, likewise, shall be seen in his true light on this day, and shall be honoured before the whole world with that honour to which his merits are entitled.
George Stillman Hillard Six Months in Italy (1853), ch. 5.
Misattributed
