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Petrarch

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
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
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
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
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
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
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
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 Mom
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
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
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
PETRARCH

Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality

Reality is always the foe of famous names.

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