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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

Petrarch

The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
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
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
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
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
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
Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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Amusement Enough Life Short
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
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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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
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

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

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