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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
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
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
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
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
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
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
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness

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