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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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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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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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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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.
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Beauty is a fragile gift.
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Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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All things change; nothing perishes.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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First appearance deceives many.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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