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

Petrarch

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
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
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
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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Beginning Bound Difference Influence Man Myself
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
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Command Country Delight Easy Friendship Live Myself Society
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
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
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Love Memories Sweet
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself

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