Quote Originally Posted by it-ogo View Post
If it works for you it is OK. I don't like Russian rhyme though. Original Marquez quotation is much better IMO.

BTW here is the master of four-lined rhymed aphorisms. (Well, Khayyám was probably somewhat better but he didn't write in Russian )
It doesn't exactly work for me, but I guess it conveys the fundamental meaning.

Or, maybe...

Roses are red, violets are blue
And he's not coming back to you!