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I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.

Petrarch

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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Darkness Earth Eyes Forever Sight Yourself
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
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Alive Book Friendship Heart Relationship Warm
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
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
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
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
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
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
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Enemy Greatness Man Propose

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