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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

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The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

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Be you wise and never sad,You will get your lovely lad.Never serious be, nor true,And your wish will come to you--And if that makes you happy, kid,You...more

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I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

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Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?

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By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying.

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He'll be cross if he sees I have been crying. They don't like you to cry. He doesn't cry. I wish to God I could make him cry. I wish I could make him ...more

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He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.

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Some men break your heart in two,Some men fawn and flatter,Some men never look at you;And that cleans up the matter.

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Prince or commoner, tenor or bass,Painter or plumber or never-do-well,Do me a favor and shut your face -Poets alone should kiss and tell.

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A Very Short Song Once, when I was young and true, Someone left me sad- Broke my brittle heart in two; And that is very bad. Love is for unlucky folk,...more

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In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the...more

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ur be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and do...more

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MenThey hail you as their morning starBecause you are the way you are.If you return the sentiment,They'll try to make you different;And once they have...more

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This level reach of blue is not my sea; Here are sweet waters, pretty in the sun,Whose quiet ripples meet obediently A marked and measured line, one a...more