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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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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
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
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
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
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
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
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

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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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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