It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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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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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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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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My vengeance is my guilt.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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By yielding you may obtain victory.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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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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In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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