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My only books were woman’s looks, and folly’s all they’ve taught me.

Thomas Moore

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
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Heaven Humility Shoot Virtue
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.
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Dreams Life Young
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
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Anguish Hard Time Healing Heart Heaven Inspirational Wound
Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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Bondage Ourselves Rule Woman
The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.
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Heart Light Lying Woman
Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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Day Light Memories Myself
This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.
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Brain Drive Heaven Myself Reason
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
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Pretty Retirement Wife
From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
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Delicious Light Plant Roam Sun Wake Up
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
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Discover Emotion Flame Illusion Leadership Love Marriage Ourselves Truth
It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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Happiness Luxury Tears
The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
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Close Forget Heart Love True
All that’s bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that’s sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
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Bright Lost Sweet
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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Friendship Love Relationship
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
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Angel Devil Print Writing
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Friendship Love Rose Wine Youth

My only books were woman’s looks, and folly’s all they’ve taught me.

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