Quote#Heart
A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be…
Quote bySamuel Richardson · 1687–1761
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754), Vol. 3, letter 32.
English (original)
A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of innocence; since the heart that is able to partake of the distress of another, cannot wilfully give it.
— Samuel Richardson
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