These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 6 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) , no title ; composed by Boris Blacher.
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- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Dezső Kosztolányi)
- ROM Romanian (Română) (Ștefan Octavian Iosif)
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo) , no title
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Nada violento es duradero: ni el placer ni la pena: ellos mismos se consumen como el fuego y la pólvora al usarse. La excesiva dulcedumbre de la miel empalaga al labio. Ama, pues, con templanza.
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- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 6
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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-07
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