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Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.

Petrarch

Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
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
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure 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
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
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
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
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
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
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
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
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
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue

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