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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?

Petrarch

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Born Merit Throne
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
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Born Fortune Honor Oneself Respect
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
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
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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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
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

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