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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
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
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
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Born Merit Throne
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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Death Grudge Hands Himself
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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Amusement Enough Life Short
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
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Beginning Bound Difference Influence Man Myself
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Enemy Greatness Man Propose
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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Cry Grief Heaven Lying
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
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
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time

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