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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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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
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
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
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
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Born Merit Throne
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
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World

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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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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