“wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom”
Four VII
is 5 (1926)
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George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Journal for Saturday, 27th November 1813; Quoted in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron by Thomas Moore (1830), Vol III, Chap. XVII, p. 208 http://books.google.com/books?id=nloLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA208
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Kiss That Frog
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“Don't gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”
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Zion Train
Uprising (1979)
“To let a fool kiss you is stupid,
To let a kiss fool you is worse.”
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"Inscription On A Lipstick" in The Garment Worker Vol. 41 (1941), p. 10.
“I guide my fate
And what it's good for
There's no telling
It's blood
It's a flood”
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The Slaughter
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“I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.”
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“Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.”
Variant translation: Death is softer by far than tyranny.
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), Agamemnon, line 1364