“It ’s no matter what you do
If your heart be only true,
And his heart was true to Poll.”
True to Poll.
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Francis Burnand 1
British comic writer and dramatist 1836–1917Related quotes
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Self-Reliance
Context: I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, — and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment.
Two Sermons (1853), Sermon II : Of the Position and Duty of a Minister.
Context: If you lend me your ears, I shall doubtless take your hearts too. That I may not lead you into any wrong, let me warn you of this. Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.
“In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.”
Letter to Juliette Récamier (October 5, 1810), quoted in J. Christopher Herold, Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Staël (New York: Grove Press, 1958), p. 401
“First of all:
I am tired.
I am true of heart!
And also:
You are tired.
You are true of heart!”
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (2000)
True Love, featuring Lily Allen, written by Pink, Greg Kurstin and Lily Allen
Song lyrics, The Truth About Love (2012)