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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.

Petrarch

And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not.
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Height Man Mountain Revolution Stars Wonder
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
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
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
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
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
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
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
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
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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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
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Alive Book Friendship Heart Relationship Warm
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
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
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 know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Greatness Grief Light Live Love Myself
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
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
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
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
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself

Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.

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