It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
PETRARCHFor though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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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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