Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
Interpretation
Embrace love and affection while it is still available.
This quote suggests that one should seize opportunities for love and connect with others before time runs out. It implies the urgency of appreciating love and the fleeting nature of life, encouraging people to express their feelings and cherish their relationships while they can.
In practice
A wedding toast that emphasizes the importance of love and seizing the moment.
But O the exceeding grace_x000D_ Of highest God, that loves his creatures so,_x000D_ And all his works with mercy doth embrace,_x000D_ That blessed angels, he sends to and fro,_x000D_ To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
The noblest mind the best contentment has
What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
No daintie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweete, but there it might be fownd To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels al arownd.
I hate the day, because it lendeth light_x000D_ _x000D_ To see all things, but not my love to see.
For of the soule the bodie forme doth take; _x000D_ For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
In the middle of my heart, a star appeared, and the seven heavens were lost in its brilliance.
There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of others. There is no denying that if society suffers, we ourselves suffer, and the more our hearts and minds are afflicted with ill-will, the more miserable we become. We can reject religion, ideology, received wisdom, but we cannot escape the need for love and compassion.
Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both but one single kiss.
You're not sick you're just in love.
Love consists in leaving the loved one space to be themselves while providing the security within which that self may flourish.
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
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