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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.

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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
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
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
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
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
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
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet

The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.

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