“sorrow… is a wound that bleeds when any hand but that of
love touches it”
Oscar Wilde book De Profundis
Source: De Profundis
Main Street and Other Poems (1917), The Robe of Christ
“sorrow… is a wound that bleeds when any hand but that of
love touches it”
Oscar Wilde book De Profundis
Source: De Profundis
“Here sits the Unicorn;
The wounds in his side
Still bleed”
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) American aviator and author
The Unicorn in Captivity (1955)
“I am sore wounded but not slain
I will lay me down and bleed a while
And then rise up to fight again”
John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century
George Darley (1795–1846) Irish poet, novelist, and critic
Poem Sweet in her green dell http://www.bartleby.com/101/640.html
“When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}”
Abigail Adams (1744–1818) 2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801)
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
This quote was actually composed by Louis Nizer, and published in his book, Between You and Me (1948).
Misattributed
Variant: He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Love Lies Bleeding
Song lyrics, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
“At [Nero's] hands [Peter] received the crown of martyrdom being nailed to the cross with his head towards the ground and his feet raised on high, asserting that he was unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as his Lord.”
A quo et affixus cruci, martyrio coronatus est, capite ad terram verso, et in sublime pedibus elevatis: asserens se indignum qui sic crucifigeretur ut Dominus suus.
Jerome book De Viris Illustribus
Source: De Viris Illustribus, Chapter 1