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I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.

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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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Beautiful Life Pain
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
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
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
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
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 Fortune Honor Oneself Respect
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom

I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.

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