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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

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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
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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Beautiful Life Pain
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
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
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
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
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
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness

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