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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.

Petrarch

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
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
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
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
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
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
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Darkness Earth Eyes Forever Sight Yourself
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking

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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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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