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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
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
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
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
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
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
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 have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
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Command Country Delight Easy Friendship Live Myself Society
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
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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Cutting Desire Inspirational
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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