Quotes from Pierre de Ronsard

Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow;Gather the roses of life today.

Harvest, oh! harvest your hourWhile life is abloom with youth!For age with bitter ruthWill fade your beauty's flower.

Sweetheart, come see if the roseWhich at morning began to uncloseIts damask gown to the sunHas not lost, now the day is done,The folds of its damasked gownAnd its colors so like your own.

When you are old, at evening candlelit,Beside the fire bending to your wool,Read out my verse and murmur, "Ronsard writThis praise for me when I was beautiful."

Haleine contre haleine, échauffe-moi la vie, Mille et mille baisers donne-moi je te prie, Amour veut tout sans nombre, amour n'a point de loi Translated: Breath against breath warms my life. A thousand kisses give me I pray thee. Love says it all without number, love knows no law.

Mignonne, allons voir si la rose Qui ce matin avait declose Sa robe de pourpre au soleil, A point perdu cetter verpree, Les plis de sa robe pourpree, Et son teint au votre pareil

La foudre abat les monts, non les petites herbes

N'attendons pas demain: Cueillons dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie / Live, don't wait until tomorrow to pick the roses of life

Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; Gather the roses of life today.

Gather the roses of life today.

Love wants everything without condition, love has no law.

Gather, gather your youth: Just like this flower, old age Your beauty will wither.