Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
PETRARCHWho over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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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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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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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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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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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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Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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