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Virtue’s guard is labor; ease, her sleep.
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Guard Herself Sleep Virtue
True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.
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Love True
None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.
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God Name Poet
Any time not spent on love is wasted.
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Love Time Wasted Time
A fool is he that comes to preach or prate, When men with swords their right and wrong debate.
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Debate Fools Preach Right Wrong
O happy, golden age! Not for that rivers ran With streams of milk, and honey dropped from trees.
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Happiness Milk Stream Tree
Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile, They will, they will not; fools that on them trust; For in their speech is death, hell in their smile.
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Craft Death Heart Smile Women
It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
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Fortune One Liner
For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth.
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Counseling Need Wisdom
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
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Fortune Rare Togetherness
A friend giveth sympathy in trouble.
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Friendship Sympathy Trouble
Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.
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Courage Grave Man Word
Lost is the time that you don’t spend for love.
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Lost Love Time Yourself
Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame
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Delight Flame Flower
As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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Shake Terror
He, full of bashfulness and truth, loved much, hoped little, and desired naught.
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Desire Himself Hope Love Truth

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