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It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.

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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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Speech Tears Time Weight
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Bright Burn Clean Lamp Wicked
Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.
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Adore Delight Fools Fuel See
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Honest Man Sorry
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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Deny Forbidden Strive
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Anger Beast Fair Peace
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
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Courage Men Passion Wine
All things change; nothing perishes.
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Change One Liner Perish
People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Claim Confidence Magnitude People
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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Body Conquer Courage Motivational Strength
The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
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Adventure Inspirational
We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Acceptance Strange
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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Believe Convenient God
Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
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Beauty Enhance Reality Truth Vision
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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Hard Hollow Motivational Persevere Rock Soft Water
What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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Change Tomorrow

It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.

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