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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.

Petrarch

Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
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Alive Book Friendship Heart Relationship Warm
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Greatness Grief Light Live Love Myself
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
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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Born Merit Throne
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
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom

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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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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