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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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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
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
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
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
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
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
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
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
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style

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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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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