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

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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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Love Memories Sweet
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
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
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
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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Amusement Enough Life Short
Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
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
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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Death Grudge Hands Himself
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect

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

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