Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
PETRARCHThere is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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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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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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