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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.

Petrarch

I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
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 Merit Throne
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
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
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

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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