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I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

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Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
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
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
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
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
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
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
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

I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

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