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Star Sayings

Innumerable as the stars of night,
Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun
Impearls on every leaf and every flower.
John Milton, Paradise Lost. Book v. Line 745.

Starry-eyed - overly romantic or idealistic.
Star-crossed - thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated.
Starmonger - astrolger, fortune teller (used in contempt)

Zeffirelli's star-crossed lovers in Romeo & Juliet, 1968
Star in some languages:
French - étoile
German - stern
Hebrew - כוכב
Irish - réalta
Italian - stella
Latin - sidera

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