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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.

Petrarch

He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
PETRARCH

Himself Light Love
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
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
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality

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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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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