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Love is the irresistable desire to be desired irresistably.
Love is the irresistable desire to be desired irresistably.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.
Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.