Gelett Burgess - Love Quotes

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A woman findeth in her last lover much of her first love; but a man seeth his next-to-the-last love, alway.

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No man knoweth how another man maketh his love, for women tell not.

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Tell not thy previous loves to a woman, lest she also telleth thee hers.

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It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords or pens, gold or fame, the game's the thing.

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Love endeth like the chianti flask, its drops are bitter.

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Son, if a maiden love thee, thou shalt appear handsome in her sight; she shall praise thine eyes, and the corners of thy mouth, yea, she shall admire thy hands. Though thou wert even as the orangutan yet shall she paint thee with fancies.

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As the cat lapses into savagery by night, and barbarously explores the dark, so primal and titanic is a woman with the love madness.

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