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

Petrarch

The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.
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Comparison Earth Mountain Myself
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
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
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
Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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Death Grudge Hands Himself
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
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
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
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
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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Love Memories Sweet
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
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
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
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
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
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

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