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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.

Petrarch

Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
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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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
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.
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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Ambition Enemy Enjoyment Jealous Peace
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
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
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing

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