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Man has no greater enemy than himself.

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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

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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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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

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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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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.

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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Poet

Born: July 20th, 1304

Died: July 19th, 1374

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