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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.

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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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Break Up I Miss You
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Hope Realized
Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.
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Adore Delight Fools Fuel See
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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First appearance deceives many.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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God himself helps those who dare.
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.

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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.

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