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

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While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Darkness Earth Eyes Forever Sight Yourself
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
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
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
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
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
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness

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

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