Theocritus quotes

The godly seed fares well: the wicked's is accurst. (Theocritus)
Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense. View quote
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Faults are beauties, when survey'd by love. View quote
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Reflect, ere you spurn me, that youth at his sides Wears wings; and once gone, all pursuit he derides. View quote
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Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all." View quote
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Milk the ewe that thou hast, why pursue the thing that shuns thee? View quote
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While there's life there's hope, and only the dead have none. View quote
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The Greeks got into Troy by trying, my pretties; everything's done by trying. View quote
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Faults are beauties in a lover's eye. View quote
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Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends. View quote
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Look, still is the sea and still are the breezes; but the pain in my heart is not still. (Theocritus)