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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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An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
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
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
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
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
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
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
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
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
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner

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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