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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
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
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
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
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
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
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
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Greatness Grief Light Live Love Myself

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

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