[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is read more

[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with read more

Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.

Remember the Viper:--'twas close at your feet,
How you started and threw yourself into my arms;
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Remember the Viper:--'twas close at your feet,
How you started and threw yourself into my arms;
Not a strawberry there was so ripe nor so sweet
As the lips which I kiss'd to subdue your alarms.

May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future

May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future

Study the past if you would divine the future.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It's so embarrassing, I'm blushing.

I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It's so embarrassing, I'm blushing.

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
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Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
A thousand to that hundred; so kiss on,
To make that thousand up a million;
Treble that million, and when that is done,
Let's kisse afresh, as when we first begun.