They make their fortune who are stout and wise, Wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies.
TORQUATO TASSONone merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.
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Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile, They will, they will not; fools that on them trust; For in their speech is death, hell in their smile.
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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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Any time not spent on love is wasted.
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Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.
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O happy, golden age! Not for that rivers ran With streams of milk, and honey dropped from trees.
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The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
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For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth.
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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
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Not for no cold did freeze, Nor any cloud beguile Th’eternal flowering spring
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Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.
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Lost is the time that you don’t spend for love.
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Virtue’s guard is labor; ease, her sleep.
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A fool is he that comes to preach or prate, When men with swords their right and wrong debate.
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Perhaps if only once you did enjoy The thousandth part of all the happiness A heart beloved enjoys, returning love, Repentant, you would surely sighing say, “All time is truly lost and gone Which is not spent in serving love.”
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Love is when you don’t have to be with another person to touch their heart!
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