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It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

Thomas Moore

From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
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Delicious Light Plant Roam Sun Wake Up
Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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Bondage Ourselves Rule Woman
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
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Angel Devil Print Writing
All that’s bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that’s sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
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Bright Lost Sweet
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.
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Dreams Life Young
Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
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Heaven Sea Tranquility
A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
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Friendship Love Steady Warm
Oh! blame not the bard.
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Blame One Liner
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
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Anguish Hard Time Healing Heart Heaven Inspirational Wound
Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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Day Light Memories Myself
Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
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Heaven Humility Shoot Virtue
The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
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Close Forget Heart Love True
And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o’er silent seas again.
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Ourselves Pain Sea Silence
It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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Happiness Luxury Tears
My only books were woman’s looks, and folly’s all they’ve taught me.
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Book Myself Teaching Woman
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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Friendship Love Relationship

It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

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