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

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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Change Forever Glow Last Quick Time
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
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
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Ambition Enemy Enjoyment Jealous Peace
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
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
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
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
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship

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

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