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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

Petrarch

Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
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
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
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
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
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.
PETRARCH

Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
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
From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

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