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Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.
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Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.
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Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?
Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?
We pursue that which retreats from us.
We pursue that which retreats from us.
We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.
We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of read more
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same
inclinations.
[Lat., Velle suuum cuique est, read more
Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same
inclinations.
[Lat., Velle suuum cuique est, nec voto vivitur uno.]
Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have
Immortal longings in me.
Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have
Immortal longings in me.
