Famous quotes containing the words heart, asks and/or pleasure:
“And wilt thou leave me thus?
That hath loved thee so long
In wealth and woe among:
And is thy heart so strong
As for to leave me thus?
Say nay! say nay!”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)
“Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
To warm the world, that’s done in warming us.
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
This bed thy center is, these walls, thy sphere.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)
“It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)