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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

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And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not.
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Height Man Mountain Revolution Stars Wonder
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
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
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 Fortune Honor Oneself Respect
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart

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