O subtle love! a thousand wiles thou hast, by humble suit, by service, or by hire, to win a maiden’s hold,–a thing soon done, for nature framed all women to be won.
TORQUATO TASSOFor when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth.
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Virtue’s guard is labor; ease, her sleep.
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Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
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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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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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None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.
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True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.
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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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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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Horror itself in that fair scene looks gay, And joy springs up e’en in the midst of fear.
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Any time not spent on love is wasted.
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Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame
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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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Lost is the time that you don’t spend for love.
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They make their fortune who are stout and wise, Wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies.
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