It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
PETRARCHGreat errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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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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Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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