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I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.

Petrarch

Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
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
Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
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
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
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Enemy Greatness Man Propose
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
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
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
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
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man

I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.

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