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The Renaissance2 quotes
Then let thy love be younger than thyself,
Or thy affection cannot hold the bent.
For women are as roses, whose fair flower,
Being once displayed, doth fall that very hour. — William Shakespeare · 1602Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. — John Donne · 1631Age of Enlightenment1 quote
Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764Classical antiquity1 quote
Don't bank too much on your complexion, lovely boy. — Virgil · 37 BC