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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.

Petrarch

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
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
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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Death Grudge Hands Himself
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Enemy Greatness Man Propose
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
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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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
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
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet

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