I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLove will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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