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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
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
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
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
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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Cry Grief Heaven Lying
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Greatness Grief Light Live Love Myself
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
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
Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality

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