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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.

Petrarch

For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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Beautiful Life Pain
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Born Fortune Honor Oneself Respect
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue

The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.

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