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Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.

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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
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
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
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
Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
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
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
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
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
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing

Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.

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