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Of my past wanderings the sole fruit is shame,
And deep repentance, of the knowledge born
That all we value in this world is naught.

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Peace I do not find, and I have no wish to make war; and I fear and hope, and burn and am of ice.

Il Canzoniere (1351)

And of my raving, shame is the fruit, and repentance, and the clear knowledge that whatever pleases in the world is a brief dream.

Il Canzoniere (1351)

It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

The Renaissance : Essays in Interpretation (1982)

To be able to say how much you love is to love but little.

I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

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