
(from vol 1, letter 46: 15 Aug 1777, to Miss C___ ).
Advice to a Lady (1731)
(from vol 1, letter 46: 15 Aug 1777, to Miss C___ ).
“What is your greatest ambition in life?'
'To become immortal… and then die.”
“But Juno and the virgin daughter of supreme Jove were sharing heart to heart their inmost counsels and distracting cares.”
At Iuno et summi virgo Iovis intima secum
consilia et varias sociabant pectore curas.
Source: Argonautica, Book V, Lines 280–281
“Constantly take care of who you carry in your heart.”
Original: Prenditi costantemente cura di chi porti nel tuo cuore.
Source: prevale.net
“Open your heart only to those who have the ability to care for it.”
Original: Apri il tuo cuore solo a chi ha la capacità di prendersene cura.
Source: prevale.net
“Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. The rest of it will take care of itself.”
Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.”