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PetrarchPetrarch Reality is always the foe of famous names.
PetrarchPetrarch I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
PetrarchPetrarch Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
PetrarchPetrarch The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
PetrarchPetrarch It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
PetrarchPetrarch A good death does honour to a whole life.
PetrarchPetrarch He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
PetrarchPetrarch Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
PetrarchPetrarch It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
PetrarchPetrarch Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
PetrarchPetrarch I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
PetrarchPetrarch Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
PetrarchPetrarch Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
PetrarchPetrarch How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
PetrarchPetrarch An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown
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There’s a time for daring and there’s a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.
Robin WilliamsRobin Williams I would love to do a movie naked; it would be beautiful. No one dares make that kind of film today. They did it in the 1930s in an arty way, so why not now?
Megan FoxMegan Fox She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.
Anais NinAnais Nin In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you’ve heard the other side.
EuripidesEuripides To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.
Brene BrownBrene Brown Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.
Brene BrownBrene Brown Daring Leaders are never silent about hard things.
Brene BrownBrene Brown I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
John LewisJohn Lewis