A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
The right hand is not a bodily organ here but a figure for what a person chiefly does. It stands for the principal act by which life is directed and judged. In this sense the hand denotes doing itself, the course of conduct that expresses the heart.
The right hand is not a bodily organ here but a figure for what a person chiefly does. It stands for the principal act by which life is directed and judged. In this sense the hand denotes doing itself, the course of conduct that expresses the heart.