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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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
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Little things please little minds.
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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First appearance deceives many.
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Beauty is a fragile gift.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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