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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.

Petrarch

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.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
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
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
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 know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
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.
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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
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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Beautiful Life Pain
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet

You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.

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