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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

Petrarch

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
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
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
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Beginning Bound Difference Influence Man Myself
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
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
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
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
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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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

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