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Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.

Petrarch

For style beyond the genius never dares.
PETRARCH

Beyond Dare Genius Style
From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
PETRARCH

Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
PETRARCH

Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
PETRARCH

Easy One Liner Suspect
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
PETRARCH

Error Men Mind
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
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.
PETRARCH

Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
PETRARCH

Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
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.
PETRARCH

Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
PETRARCH

Body Hands Life Thinking

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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