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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.

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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
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
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
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
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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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
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

And tears are heard within the harp I touch.

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