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I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.

Petrarch

Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
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
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Beginning Bound Difference Influence Man Myself
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life

I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.

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I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.

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