I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it … - Andrew Marvell

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People keep a dog and are ruled by this dog, and even Schopenhauer was ruled in the end not by his head, but by his dog. This fact is more depressing than any other.

Andrew Marvell

I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness.

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But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

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Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

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The world in all doth but two nations bear- The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.

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Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.

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How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays; And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree. Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all flow'rs and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose.

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