Love is a cruel conqueror [...] - Leafy Quotes

Love is a cruel conqueror.
Happy is he who knows him through stories
And not by his blows!

In the original (French)

Amour est un étrange maître!
Heureux qui peut ne le connaître
Que par récit, lui ni ses coups!

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