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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

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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 Fortune Honor Oneself Respect
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
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
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
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
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Ambition Enemy Enjoyment Jealous Peace
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
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
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

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