love
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,And those who love it will eat its fruit.
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?For scorners delight in their scorning,And fools hate knowledge.
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;Love her, and she will keep you.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is,Than a fatted calf with hatred.
What is desired in a man is kindness,And a poor man is better than a liar.
Do they not go astray who devise evil?But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.
Mercy and truth preserve the king,And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,That I may fill their treasuries.
As a loving deer and a graceful doe,Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;And always be enraptured with her love.
Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;Let us delight ourselves with love.
