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Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.

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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
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
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
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
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
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life

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