I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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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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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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Nothing is stronger than habit.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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