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The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.

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So a maiden, whilst she remains untouched, so long is she dear to her own; when she has lost her chaste flower with sullied body, she remains neither lovely to boys nor dear to girls.
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Chaste Herself Lost Maid Sex Women
Now Spring restores the balmy heat, now Zephyr’s sweet breezes calm the rage of the equinoctial sky.
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Calm Heat Rage Restore Sky Spring
I hate and love. And why, perhaps you’ll ask. I don’t know: but I feel, and I’m tormented.
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Feeling Hate Known Love Myself Torment
My lady’s sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady’s delight
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Animal Bird Death Delight Myself Women
It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.
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Confirm Difficult One Liner Passion
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
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Desire Difficult Hard Time Love Relationship
Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.
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Better Death Gratitude Live Worth
To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
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Book Little Myself One Liner
We see not our own backs.
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Back Mistake One Liner Ourselves
I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.
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Civil Culture Greatness Imagination Misfortune People Power Religious Ruler
Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.
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Deserve Give Up Gratitude Thankful Thinking
I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?
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Hate Love Myself
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
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Foolish Laugh One Liner
There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.
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Laughter One Liner Silly
I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know not, but I feel that I do and I am tortured. [Lat., Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.]
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Feeling Hate Myself Query Question Torture
My mind’s sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn’t like you if you were the best of women, -or stop loving you, no matter what you do.
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Love Low Mindset Stop Women Wreck Yourself

The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.

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