Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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For such before in love was never seen;'Tis excellent, and worthy Beauty's queen.
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But what good
Words, idle words?
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Who gave you such a charming fair?
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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In what had he offended God or man?
Jean De La Fontaine
When such sensations once were in the breast,
Love there we may believe would hardly rest.
Jean De La Fontaine
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