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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.

Petrarch

For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
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

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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