More from Pierre de Ronsard

  1. Happy is he who does not desire a thing.
  2. Daytime, short as it may be, is better than night.
  3. He who knows himself is his own master.
  4. Love and flowers do not last but one spring.
  5. Cueillez des aujourd'hui les roses de la vie.
  6. Sorrow is always a companion of pleasure.
  7. Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, a la chandelle, Assise aupres du feu, devidant et filant, Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous emervei…
  8. He who does not love is miserable, and miserable is he who does.

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