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I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

Petrarch

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
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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Amusement Enough Life Short
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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Cry Grief Heaven Lying
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
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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Command Country Delight Easy Friendship Live Myself Society
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Enemy Greatness Man Propose
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
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.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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Earth Known Moral Myself Name
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars

I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

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