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Anacreon on Mother's Day

582 BC–485 BC Greece

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Ah, cruel 'tis to love,
And cruel not to love,
But cruelest of all
To love and love in vain.

Love for lineage nothing cares,
Tramples wisdom under foot,
Worth derides, and only looks
For money.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anacreon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.