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Love is more cruel than lust.


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Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.

Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.



Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.

Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.





I remember the way we parted, The day and the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted And knew we should both forget.

I remember the way we parted, The day and the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted And knew we should both forget.



The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.

The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.



A little soul scarce fledged for earth Takes wing with heaven again for goal, Even while we hailed as fresh from birth A little soul.

A little soul scarce fledged for earth Takes wing with heaven again for goal, Even while we hailed as fresh from birth A little soul.



When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.



Love, as is told by the seers of old, Comes as a butterfly tipped with gold, Flutters and flies in sunlit skies, Weaving round hearts that were one time cold.

Love, as is told by the seers of old, Comes as a butterfly tipped with gold, Flutters and flies in sunlit skies, Weaving round hearts that were one time cold.



His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.

His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.





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I'mma just do me, when it feel right.



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My house used to be haunted, but the ghosts haven't been back since the night I tried on all my wigs.



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To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.




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