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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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From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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Beautiful Life Pain
I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.
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Comparison Earth Mountain Myself
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
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
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
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 Merit Throne
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive

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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