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An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.

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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
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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Earth Known Moral Myself Name
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
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
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Beginning Bound Difference Influence Man Myself
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
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
Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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Death Grudge Hands Himself
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious

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