"There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies."

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Source : William Cowper (1822). “The poems of William Cowper”, p.136

William Cowper

#Music Quotes #Heart Quotes #Air Quotes

“Whatever is happening, whatever is changing, whatever is going or not going according to my plansâ€”I release my hold on all of it. I leave behind who I think I am, who I want to be, what I want the world to be. I come home to the great peace of the present moment,”
“The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.”
“The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.”
“I understand that if I really need my hair to be nice, now I hire someone to do it, and I understand that putting on a pair of heels really makes a difference.”
“Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.”

Source : Stanley Milgram (2017). “Obedience to Authority”, p.6, HarperCollins
“All banks should be under government control. Deposits guaranteed, dividends reduced, officials turned into state servants taking their orders from Washington ...”

Source : Margaret Ayer Barnes (1933). “Within this Present”
“Men who get on well with women are usually those who know how to get on without them.”
“But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.”

Source : "The Master and Margarita". Book by Mikhail Bulgakov (Book Two, Chapter "Time to Go! Time to Go!"), 1967.

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