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Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!

Petrarch

The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
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
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
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
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
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
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
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
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
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind

Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!

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Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!

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