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And ruined love, when it is built anew, Grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater.
The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face!
One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart Could have recover'd greennesse?
Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Some praise at morning what they blame at night; But always think the last opinion right.
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Behold the child, by nature's kindly law Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Only one being is wanting, and your whole world is bereft of people.
There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Do not crave immortal life, my soul, but use to the full the resources of what is possible.
Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.
Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great!
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.
Though men can cover crimes with bold stern looks, Poor women's faces are their own faults' books.
Beauty itself doth of itself persuade The eyes of men without an orator.
The moon like a flower In heaven's high bower, With silent delight, Sits and smiles on the night.
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.