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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

Petrarch

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
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
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
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
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
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
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
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

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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