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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.

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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
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
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Greatness Grief Light Live Love 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
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself

Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.

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