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Love's pleasure lasts but a moment; Love's sorrow lasts all through life.

In the original French

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian

1784

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Complexities of love Sex Dangers of love Love

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Poem

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1784

Person

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian

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Citation

De Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris. Celestine. 1784.

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