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A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.

Thomas Moore

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
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
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Pretty Retirement Wife
While mantling on the maiden’s cheek Young roses kindled into thought.
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Rose Thinking Young
Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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Day Light Memories Myself
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
It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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Happiness Luxury Tears
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
Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
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Heaven Sea Tranquility
Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
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Heaven Humility Shoot Virtue
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch’d by the thorns.
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Awake Heart Thorn Touch
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
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.
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Dreams Life Young
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
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Humiliate Slave
The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.
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Heart Light Lying Woman
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
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Angel Devil Print Writing
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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Friendship Love Relationship

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