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Petrarch

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
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not.
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Height Man Mountain Revolution Stars Wonder
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
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
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
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
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
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
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up

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