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

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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Greatness Grief Light Live Love Myself
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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Cry Grief Heaven Lying
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
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.
PETRARCH

Enemy Greatness Man Propose
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
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings

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

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