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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.

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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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Greatness Grief Light Live Love Myself
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
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

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