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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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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
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
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
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
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life 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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