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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.

Petrarch

Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Darkness Earth Eyes Forever Sight Yourself
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
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Command Country Delight Easy Friendship Live Myself Society
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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Amusement Enough Life Short
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
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
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
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time

All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.

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