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

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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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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
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
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
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
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
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

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

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