Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
PETRARCHWhere you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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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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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 know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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