We believe slowly when belief brings pain.

I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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Chase Curiosity
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Bright Burn Clean Lamp Wicked
Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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Care Fear Love
He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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Live Onscurity
Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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Death Deep Delay Punishment
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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Appointment Patience Time
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Endurance Goodness Pain Persistance
It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Count Man Poor
Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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Charm Country Forget
My vengeance is my guilt.
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Guilt One Liner Vengeance
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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Courage Happiness Love
He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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Believe Himself Inspirational
It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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Enemy Learn One Liner
Every lover is a soldier.
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Lover One Liner Soldier
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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Death Delicate Ideas Kill Man Sneer Yawn
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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Achievement Attempt Difficult Task Worth

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