"How much the more in judging of the human heart should we distrust all fashionable airs and graces, all tricks and smartness, learnt only to please the outward gaze"

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Source : Murasaki Shikibu (2011). “The Tale of Genji”, p.62, Tuttle Publishing

Murasaki Shikibu

#Heart Quotes #Air Quotes #Judging Quotes

“Eureka! (I have found it!)”
“Victory belong to the most persevering.”
“Leave off looking to men to find out what you are not - seek within yourselves to find out what you are.”
“Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake.”
“The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.”
“I have changed my Ministers but I have not changed my measures.Iamstill formoderation, and Iwill governby it.”
“This whole force is utterly demoralized by victory. There seems to be neither head nor tail.”
“A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy.”

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