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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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From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
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
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
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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Desire Ourselves Rich
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
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
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself

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