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Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.

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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
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
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Love Memories Sweet
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness

Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.

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