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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
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
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
From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style

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