Quote#Pain
Cupid's deep rivers have their shallow fords
Quote byEdward Fairfax · 1580–1635
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted in England's Parnassus (1600), Book IV, stanza 92.
English (original)
Cupid's deep rivers have their shallow fords, His griefs, bring joys; his losses, recompenses; He breeds the sore, and cures us of the pain: Achilles' lance that wounds and heals again.
— Edward Fairfax
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The golden sun rose from the silver wave, And with his beams enamelled every green.
The throne of Cupid had an easy stair; His bark is fit to sail with every wind; The breach he makes no wisdom can repair.
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The rose within herself her sweetness closed.
Better sit still, men say, than rise to fall.
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