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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 aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
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
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
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
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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Earth Known Moral Myself Name
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet

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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