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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.

Petrarch

Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
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
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
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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Amusement Enough Life Short
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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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
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
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
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
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
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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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness

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