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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.

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Venus is kind to creatures as young as we; We know not what we do, and while we’re young We have the right to live and love like gods.
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Creature God Love Planet Venus Young
Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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Speech Tears Time Weight
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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Appointment Patience Time
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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Approve Desire Direction Follow Force Reason Strange Wrong
Love is the force that leaves you colorless.
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Colorless Deep Force Leave Love One Liner
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Honest Man Sorry
First appearance deceives many.
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Appearance Business Deceive
Nothing is stronger than habit.
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Habit One Liner Strong
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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Encouragement Horse Motivational Race Spirit Try Win
Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Crown Gain Opponent Victory
Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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Crack One Liner Shatter Touch Weakness
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Endurance Goodness Pain Persistance
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
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Gift Love Poet Poor Words
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Anxiety Pleasure Pure
Every lover is a soldier.
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Lover One Liner Soldier
What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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Change Tomorrow

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