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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.

Petrarch

Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
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
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
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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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself

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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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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