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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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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Darkness Earth Eyes Forever Sight Yourself
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
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
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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Amusement Enough Life Short
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
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
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Alive Book Friendship Heart Relationship Warm

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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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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