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Paul Παῦλος

c. AD 55 · Roman Empire

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, does not boast, is not puffed up. It is not rude, does not seek its own, is not provoked, keeps no account of wrong.

ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται, ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ, οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται, οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν

First Letter to the Corinthians 13:4–5

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Nalan Xingde 納蘭性德

c. 1680 · Qing China

If life could always be as it was when we first met, why would there be a painted fan to mourn, cast aside in the autumn wind?

人生若只如初見，何事秋風悲畫扇。

To the tune "Magnolia Flower": a song of breaking off, in the old style

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Shimazaki Toson 島崎藤村

1896 · Meiji–Showa Japan

When I saw your hair, just newly swept up, under the apple tree, the flowered comb you wore in front made me think you were yourself in flower.

まだあげ初めし前髪の 林檎のもとに見えしとき 前にさしたる花櫛の 花ある君と思ひけり

"First Love" (Hatsukoi), in the collection Wakanashu

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William Shakespeare

c. 1598 · England

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.

Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, scene 1, spoken by Claudio

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