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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.

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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
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
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
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
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
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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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
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
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
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
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
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Alive Book Friendship Heart Relationship Warm
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality

Man has not a greater enemy than himself.

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