More from Pierre de Ronsard

  1. Daytime, short as it may be, is better than night.
  2. Sorrow is always a companion of pleasure.
  3. Youth flies away and never comes back.
  4. He who does not love is miserable, and miserable is he who does.
  5. Happy is he who does not desire a thing.
  6. Youth is our real treasure; all the rest of our years are winter.
  7. He who knows himself is his own master.
  8. Cueillez des aujourd'hui les roses de la vie.

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