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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

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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
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
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
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
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
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
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
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

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