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Robert Herrick
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He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke.
Robert Herrick,
#First
In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
Robert Herrick,
#Sheep
#Kings
#Skin
#Moderation
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.
Robert Herrick,
#First
#Kiss
Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
Robert Herrick,
#Life
#Man
#First
#Virtue
Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Robert Herrick,
#End
#First
#Fight
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.
Robert Herrick,
#Man
#Open
#Interest
#Energy
#Wit
#Happiness
#Pursuit
Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt. Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.
Robert Herrick,
#Will
#Nothing
#End
#Doubt
What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
Robert Herrick,
#Love
#Kiss
Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
Robert Herrick,
#Love
#Will
#Heart
Tears are the noble language of the eye.
Robert Herrick,
#Eye
#Language
#Tears
The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam.
Robert Herrick,
#Home
#Poor
#Soul
#Body
Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.
Robert Herrick,
#Old
#Succeed
Who covets more is evermore a slave.
Robert Herrick,
The person lives twice who lives the first life well.
Robert Herrick,
#Life
#First
Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.
Robert Herrick,
#Danger
#Kings
#Advice