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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.

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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
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
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 Fortune Honor Oneself Respect
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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Beautiful Life Pain
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
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
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production

I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.

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