Certainly the heart has always something to tell about the future to those who listen to it. But what does the heart know? Scarce a little of what has already happened.

Alessandro Manzoni
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The heart has much to say about what will come, but it knows little of what has already occurred. The heart is not very discerning. It is often wrong about the future, seeing only the past.

Source: The Betrothed

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