Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
PETRARCHDeath 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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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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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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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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