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Man cannot be woman, woman cannot be man, if man thinks he is woman, he is already damned. We all have opinions, estimations and thoughts, but if God says otherwise, our feelings matter naught. Trying to live by feeling is a failing of youth, the world cares not for your likes, a grown mind lives with truth. Blaming faults on other is a quick road to hell, never think...

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Categories: maxims, how i feel, life,
Form: Rhyme
Medieval Poetry Translations VI by Michael R Burch
These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and Middle English. Exeter Book Gnomic Verses or Maxims loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The dragon dwells under the dolmen, wizened-wise, hoarding his treasure; the fishes bring forth their finned kind; the king in his halls distributes rings; the bear stalks the heath, shaggy and malevolent. Frost shall freeze, fire feast on...

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Categories: maxims, fish, husband, love, ocean,
Form: Free verse



The Maxims
Categories: maxims, bible, deep, emotions, faith,
Form: Sonnet
Haiku Maxim for Everyday Life
HAIKU MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY TRANSACTIONS To deal with someone Don’t volunteer the problem Let them ask for it When you want to get All the results in one time Get the checklist once If you want trouble Create enemies, but if Not, create friendships ...

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Categories: maxims, business, wisdom, work,
Form: Haiku
Maxims
There are some who say that marriage is old-school and out of style… Yet single-parent families still devastate the child. Some claim that the old writers are problematic, their works should burn… But human nature doesn’t change and the old lessons we must learn. Others would disown history if our morals it does not fit… Not see the mistakes made...

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Categories: maxims, culture, philosophy, political, repetition,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Aphorisms
Does your conniption fit? If it's not a laughing matter, then it's not important. Did you ever notice that when you stir a glass of something, the spoon says, "Jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy"? Worst first name of anyone I ever met: Schmedroy....

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Categories: maxims, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Maxims
Wit shapes funny fit Jigsaw puzzle bits As you freely leap Don't you fall asleep Tell the plain truth well Watch gaudy lies dwell Watch wild wonder well Timely treasure tells Destiny moves fate Glimpse that open gate Can less be more here Craft lines that string cheer Leon Enriquez 05 October 2018 Singapore...

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Categories: maxims, allegory,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Maxims 3
Live well each day Prize thus fond play Love all you meet Greet with smiles sweet Words sometimes fail To blaze true trail Be of good cheer Faith scares harsh fear Look out and see Love helps you be Eye to eye then You know not when In a swift turn The pyre now burns Seek yo know truth Then live fine proof Leon Enriquez 03 November 2016 Singapore...

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Categories: maxims, blessing,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Maxims 2
Speak your plain truth Let act sign proof Dare then to be Love now set free Pleasure knows pain Yet not in vain Beauty says much In poignant touch Come ink fine draft As words move craft Let will find thrill The way you feel Heart knows fine start Ink stains move art Leon Enriquez 30 October 2016 Singapore...

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Categories: maxims, change,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Maxims
Dare to live well: Watch how time tells. ~~~~~~~~~ Live without fear: Love holds you dear. ~~~~~~~~~ The way you see: Choice comes to be. ~~~~~~~~~ Love moves all things: Watch moments fling. ~~~~~~~~~ Focus and see: Set clear thought free. ~~~~~~~~~ Feel peace of mind: Keep sync in kind. ~~~~~~~~~ A maxim clear: Live zesty cheer. ~~~~~~~~~ Leon Enriquez 05 October 2016 Singapore...

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Categories: maxims, allusion,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Apollo's Maxims
Apollo, God of prophecy, music and eloquence Had advised Man two things he had to do In order the truth of things to discover And as a result to see the world anew: "Know Thyself" and " Nothing in Excess" The son of Zeus emphatically declared In that way the path to wisdom you find Thus better for you it is to...

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Categories: maxims, god, men, truth,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Family Maxims
Love one and all: "Live, love and laugh" -- Bear with life's gall; health bears all stuff. "I love you" works to sculpt pure scope, Boost joy's pure jerk; keep faith's kind hope. Learn to say "Please", "Thank you" is good, Pay your own lease; control your moods. Focus your plans, live well each day, Share all you can; work, rest and...

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Categories: maxims, blessing,
Form: Couplet
Maxims
I. no one cares. II. was never your fault to begin with....

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Categories: maxims, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things