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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.

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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
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
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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Ambition Enemy Enjoyment Jealous Peace
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
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
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
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 have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings

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