Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.

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There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!

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I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

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I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

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Friendship is Love without his wings!

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When people say, "I've told you fifty times," They mean to scold, and very often do; When poets say, "I've written fifty rhymes," They make you dread that they'll recite them too; In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes; At fifty love for love is rare, 't is true, but then, no doubt, it equally as true is, a good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.

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There are some feelings time cannot benumb, Nor torture shake.

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Happiness was born a twin.

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To have joy, one must share it.

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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

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