English - Poet | August 24, 1591 - October 15, 1674
In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
Robert Herrick
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It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
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What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
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Who covets more is evermore a slave.
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Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
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The person lives twice who lives the first life well.
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Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.
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He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke.
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Tears are the noble language of the eye.
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Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.
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Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
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Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.
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