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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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Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
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
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
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
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
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine

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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